It is important for the acting management of Gazprom to complete the liberalization of its shares’ market. And only after this bring up the question of the merger of its assets with Rosneft. Practice proves that any unification is impossible without the ‘live’ money. In such conditions, it is not that important for Gazprom how exactly to fortify its oil business – with Rosneft of another company.
Russia recently plays an appreciable role in deliveries of oil and gas to the global markets. And in the long term its role will only grow. According to the basic forecasts, by 2020 in all regions serious growth of demand for hydrocarbons will be observed. And the basic global actors – the USA, EU and dynamically developing countries of Asia - will get in the increasing dependence on import.
Gas is sold to almost the entire Central and Western Europe. Currently, Gazprom sells the natural gas in 21 counties of the Western and Central Europe, and to Ukraine, Byelorussia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaidzhan. The major market for Russian natural gas exports is the Western Europe, sales to which amount 70% of the total exports.
Trud newspaper decided to ask the well-known political scientists about their view of the Day of the Russian Sovereignty. Anatoly Belyaev, chief of the analytical department of the Center for Current Political Situation in Russia believes that “the Russian’s approach to this holiday can be characterized as indifferent. It is clear why. Initially, this day was celebrated as the day of Russia’s independency.
Anatoly Belyaev, chief of the analytical office of the Center for Current Politics in Russia: - The Russian’s approach to this holiday can be characterized as indifferent. It is clear why. Initially, this day was celebrated as the day of Russia’s independency. However, the country, having declared its independency lost after the collapse of the USSR a half of its territory. I think that it is for this reason that the holiday is not fixed in the mass consciousness.
MOSCOW. (Anatoly Belyayev, for RIA Novosti).Predictably, BP Azerbaijan has said that it does not want to export oil produced in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea via the Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline. This means that Russia, which is already losing its influence on the Caucasus, will suffer serious economic losses.
Last weekend there was held the 18th congress of the Democratic party of Russia (DPR) – the oldest political organization of the new Russia. DPR is 15 years old. The congress took work of the executives as non-satisfactory. It accepted new main trends of the party’s activity for 2005. The main task for the regional departments for the nearest future they set to adjust the total number of parties in accordance with new federal election legislation request. The head executive was elected Alexandr Polovinkin, former assistant of the ex-governmental head Mikhail Kasyanov…
Anatoly Belyaev, manager of the analytical department of the Center for Current Politics in Russia:
- I believe that the events in Andizhan, although have a shade of the social discontent, undoubtedly, were provoked by the forces liked to the criminal society and different scattered Islamic radical groups. All of them make use of the hidden discontent of a part of the society with the rigid rule of President Islam Karimov, trying to play on these moods to their favor. However, it is hardly possible to say that these forces can form into an influential political movement on the wave of the unrest.
The President met with Economic Development and Trade Minister Herman Gref. The Minister could not please the President with the current showings. The GDP growth in Q1 is 5.3%, which does not guarantee achievement of the planned 6.5% of the economy rise. However, the inflation results that increased 6.5% from January to April 2005 leaves practically no doubt that even the specified plan index of 10% will be exceeded.
As Trud already reported, this week, USA Senate heard the report on the violation during the Oil-For-Food program implementation. The permanent Senate Commission that investigated the case blamed some of the Russian politicians and entrepreneurs for gerrymandering with the Iraqi oil.
