CIS-Iran Gas Cartel Is Proposed As Russia Faces Stronger EU Lobby.*** Turkmenistan's Annual Gas Exports To Iran Will Reach 14 BCM BCM Baylor College of Medicine BCM Become BCM Business Communications Manager (Nortel) BCM Broadcom Corporation BCM Business Continuity Management BCM Business Contact Manager (Microsoft) As From 2008 *** The EU Is Still Keen To Buy Iranian Gas, Despite The Nuke Row, Through The Nabucco P/L P/L Pipeline P/L Profit and Loss P/L Product Liability P/L Payload P/L Property Line P/L Packet Loss P/L Pulsed Laser P/L Packing List (shipping) P/L Personal Lines P/L Proprietary Limited Company To Be On Stream In 2011 *** Gazprom More Than Doubles The Gas Price To Georgia To $230/000 CM *** Armenia Will Only Pay $110/000 CM Till 2009 After Ceding cede tr.v. ced·ed, ced·ing, cedes 1. To surrender possession of, especially by treaty. See Synonyms at relinquish. 2. Control Of A Pipeline; Azerbaijan Pays The Same Price, But It Would Have To Offer Gazprom Something For This To Remain Unchanged The head of the Russian Duma's Energy Committee Valery Yazev calls for a gas alliance to unite former Soviet republics and Iran to help Russia stand up to the European Union's "cartel" of gas consumers. "It is necessary to form a gas alliance, which could be joined by Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus", Yazev said on Oct. 30, adding: "Tomorrow, with the removal of the problem of Iran's nuclear programme, I would also see Iran in this alliance". Yazev said was speaking at a meeting of the Russian Gas Union industry group, which he also heads. Yazev said the alliance would form a counterweight coun·ter·weight n. 1. A weight used as a counterbalance. 2. A force or influence equally counteracting another. coun to the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community , which he suggested was taking advantage of its position as a vital source of income for Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom. Yazev said: "In the EU we have a very clearly formed cartel of customers of Russian gas, which is imposing on us the ratification The confirmation or adoption of an act that has already been performed. A principal can, for example, ratify something that has been done on his or her behalf by another individual who assumed the authority to act in the capacity of an agent. of the Energy Charter, which does not meet Russian interests". The EU, which imports around a quarter of its natural gas from Russia, has been seeking to persuade Moscow to ratify ratify v. to confirm and adopt the act of another even though it was not approved beforehand. Example: An employee for Holsinger's Hardware orders carpentry equipment from Phillips Screws and Nails although the employee was not authorized to buy anything. an international energy charter that regulates transit and investment in the energy sector and would allow for market competition between foreign and independent companies. Russia has declined to ratify the charter because the Kremlin wants to protect Gazprom's monopoly and has sought recently to exclude foreign investors from its strategic energy sector. Gazprom, moving aggressively to gain greater access to Europe's downstream energy retail market, has complained of unfair treatment from wary European regulators. Yazev said the alliance would consist of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) like his Russian Gas Union, which would co-ordinate export policies and act as a counterweight to the energy alliance being formed by France and Germany. Yazev said the original idea for the alliance came from Russian President Vladimir Putin, but was put on ice to avoid aggravating ag·gra·vate tr.v. ag·gra·vat·ed, ag·gra·vat·ing, ag·gra·vates 1. To make worse or more troublesome. 2. To rouse to exasperation or anger; provoke. See Synonyms at annoy. Western partners ahead of this year's July 15-17 G8 summit in St. Petersburg. An alliance of CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S gas producers and transit countries has been under discussion for several years, and this is not the first time that closer energy co-operation between Moscow and Tehran has been floated. During a trip to Moscow in April, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mohammadi proposed the creation of a "Russia-Iran 'oil and gas arc' to unite the energies of our energy-rich countries". The idea of a closer alliance between Iran and Russia is being promoted in Tehran by President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad who really believes the days of the US as the sole super-power in the world are numbered. Ahmadi-Nejad believes he is connected to God and the Mahdi, a child who went missing over a thousand years ago and - as the 12th Imam in Ja'fari Shi'ism - is believed to be in occultation occultation (ŏk'əltā`shən), in astronomy, eclipse of one celestial body by another, e.g., when the moon lies between a star and the earth. Occultations of stars by the moon are important in astronomy. and should return to Earth to liberate his Shi'ites and rule the world with real justice (see News Service of this week's Diplomat Package in news19-IranNukeMahdiNov6-06). |
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