We mustn't let the lure of trade blind us to Russia's failings
During the cold war, Russian dissidents tended to be intellectuals: poets, artists, scientists. Mikhail Khodorkovsky does not fit that pattern. He is one of a post-Soviet generation of businessmen who acquired lucrative shareholdings in state enterprises in exchange for supporting the former president, Boris Yeltsin.
China expected to have world's largest clean coal conversion industry by 2020
China is expected to develop its coal conversion industry into the world's largest by 2020, as the world's largest coal producer and consumer is seeking clean uses of its huge coal resources, industry insiders forecast.
General Elections in Sweden - 19th September 2010
Today, 7 million Swedes are being called to renew all of their MPs: both national (members of the Riksdag, the only Chamber of Parliament) and local (town councils and county councils).
Kazakhstan President may seek another 10 years
Kazakhstan's aging leader will seek to extend his rule until 2017 in the energy-rich central Asian nation's next election and may even seek to stay in power until after 2020, dampening speculation about potential successors.
Boiling point nears over China's trade tactics
"It's in our long-term interest to have a healthy, fruitful, productive relationship with China," said U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk
Eesti Energia holds a major procurement to renovate local power grids
The Estonian state-owned Eesti Energia Distribution Grid is carrying out an international state procurement to find partners for regular maintenance and repair works, liquidating malfunctions and building new electricity networks
US takes two China trade cases to WTO
Trade tensions between the United States and China ratcheted up another notch Wednesday, as Washington called on the WTO to probe unfair Chinese trade practices.
Azerbaijan seeks price agreement with Iran to boost gas supply
Azerbaijan will be ready to boost supplies to Iran to 1 billion cubic meters a year once a pricing agreement is reached, an Azerbaijani Energy Ministry official said.
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