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Austria, Russia sign South Stream deal

June 24, 2014June 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, South Stream

Austrian oil and gas company OMV and Russia’s Gazprom signed on June 24 an agreement to build a branch of

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Europe 

Sanctions threat weighs on Russian oil industry

June 24, 2014May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief energy, Russia, Ukraine

Russia’s economy runs on oil and gas, but with Russia’s economy on the edge of recession, a new threat has

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Europe 

Analysts: Ukraine dispute not likely to cut Russian gas sales to Europe

June 19, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

Analysts tell VOA that Russia should not make any attempt to interrupt natural gas deliveries to Europe as part of

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Europe 

Westinghouse chips away at Russian nuclear fuel monopoly in Ukraine

June 18, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

During a routine inspection of the Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine’s Mykolaiv Oblast in 2012, the State Inspectorate

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Europe 

Russia, Ukraine fail to reach gas deal as deadline looms

June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

Russian energy giant Gazprom say emergency talks with Ukraine aimed at ending a natural gas pricing dispute have ended without

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM offers little clarity on South Stream status

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Plamen Oresharski, South Stream

The future of the South Stream pipeline in Bulgaria remains muddled, with parliamentary hearings of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski and

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Europe 

Ukraine rejects Russian offer to cut gas price

June 11, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine has rejected a Russian offer that would effectively cut the price Kyiv pays for gas by 20 percent. Ukrainian

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Europe 

Ukraine, Russia resume gas talks amid conflict

June 10, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

A Russian official says Ukraine and Russia are meeting Monday to resolve a natural gas dispute after Moscow threatened to

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Europe 

Macedonia has no clear decision on South Stream pipeline

June 10, 2014June 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Russia, Serbia

Authorities in Skopje are yet to decide on the South Stream Russian gas pipeline project. Aleksandar Dukovski, head of the

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