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| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
The first problem is that Gazprom holds a monopoly on all gas exports out of Russia. The only two exceptions to the monopoly on gas exports was a Shell project to develop the Sakhalin gas fields and a TNK-BP venture to develop Kovykta gas field. Back in 2006, Russian regulators suspended Shell's lisecences to develop the Sakhalin field due to alleged environmental concerns. Interestingly enough these concerns were dropped once Shell agreed to give Gazprom 50% plus 1 share stake in the project. And as of today, liscenses for TNK-BP are at risk of being revoked and surprise surprise, Gazprom is interested in gaining a controlling interest in the project.
The second problem is this:
Gazprom owns all the pipelines that carry natural gas from Central Asia to Europe. And last week, Putin struck a deal with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on routing their gas exports to Europe via Russia rather than a transcapsian pipeline. |
Hail to Russia! They are being smart! Cant criticize them, you know, because look at how other countries like USA are trying to achieve, successfully, the same. Except Russia is not killing thousands of civilians while its securing its resources and pipelines. Russia's not the only one who does whatever it can to control resources. At least Russia is securing its own resources, and the resources of its friends that it signs deals with, not invading these nations (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan), but using diplomacy and agreements to happily pursue their successful agenda. So eat it boys! Russkies are back! 
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