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Europe's Energy Supplies Hang In Balance

Natural Gas Crisis Triggered By Russia-Ukraine Dispute Could Speed Pipeline Projects Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder seen during their meeting in St. Petersburg,...

Oil plunges on worries about demand

New report shows bigger-than-expected crude reserves Jan. 7: While the cost of energy is on the decline, prices on certain things are still sky-high. Energy prices plunged across the board Wednesday after a government report...

Accuweather’s Bastardi: Global Cooling Reason for Putin Shutting off Gas Pipeline

It’s not often that meteorology intersects with geopolitics – but Europe could be in store for another Cold War, literally. Accuweather.com’s chief long-range and hurricane forecaster Joe Bastardi observed that Russian Prime...

Russia Medvedev:gas row 'hostage' to Ukraine leaders (at Reuters)

MOSCOW, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday the gas dispute with neighbouring Ukraine was worsened by differences within the Ukrainian leadership and urged his counterpart in Kiev to resolve...

Bush administration warns Russia on energy

U.S. National Security adviser Stephen Hadley is warning Russia that using its energy exports to threaten its neighbors will undermine its international standing. Hadley says that Russia's "aggressiveness and uncertain...

Moscow, Kiev to Allow Gas Monitors

With alarm growing over Russia and Ukraine's gas dispute, the European Union said Moscow and Kiev agreed to allow international experts to monitor gas transit, and once they are in place to restart Russian gas flows to the EU.

EU Demands Full Deliveries

The European Union on Wednesday demanded that Russia and Ukraine immediately re-open full gas supplies to the bloc and solve their dispute urgently as gas deliveries to Europe plunged. The EU "calls for an urgent solution to...

Accuweather's Bastardi: Global Cooling Reason for Putin Shutting off Gas Pipeline

It's not often that meteorology intersects with geopolitics - but Europe could be in store for another Cold War, literally. Accuweather.com's chief long-range and hurricane forecaster Joe Bastardi observed that Russian Prime...

Russia's Putin to visit Berlin as gas row escalates

BERLIN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will travel to Berlin next week in the midst of a row between Moscow and Ukraine that has severely hit gas supplies to central and western Europe, German officials...

Russian president congratulates nation on Christmas

MOSCOW, January 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday congratulated Russians on Orthodox Christmas. "Over many centuries this festival has given people the unfailing light of faith, hope and love,"...

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