BASF Chief Wants to Spread Russia's Gas Europe Concerned By Muscle- Flexing
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By Carter Dougherty  The massive BASF chemical manufacturing complex that runs along the Rhine in this southern German city uses about as much natural gas as the entire country of Denmark.
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Russia expanded its growing European energy empire Friday, signing two more deals in a drive that is raising fears Moscow could use its vast oil and gas resources to meddle in the affairs of its neighbors.
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"I'm worried about the growing attacks that France is deploying against its European allies, against the Germans, the Luxembourgers, against all of the European countries."  France faces thinly concealed and growing frustration from Paris' European partners, irked at President Nicolas Sarkozy's strident position towards EU spending limits and attacks on the ECB. via Raw Story
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Business & money: Â·  British Gas owner Centrica may be target of Russians Â·  Putin shrugs off warning by Blair on economic ties
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Group of Eight leaders seeking to focus on climate change and Africa at their summit this week may find it hard not to be distracted by the Russian bear glowering in the room.
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European Parliament members on Tuesday grilled Hungarian socialist Laszlo Kovacs, the European commissioner-designate for energy, over his competence a day after they refused to endorse Italy&#39;s conservative Rocco Buttiglione as justice commissioner
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On a European tour, the CEO weighs in on threats ranging from Linux and EU regulators to music pirates and "bad people out there in cyberspace."
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Exxon Mobil Corp.  is in discussions with Russia's Gazprom  about the sale of gas from the next phase of Sakhalin-1, Robert Olsen, chairman and production director at Exxon Mobil said on Tuesday.
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Gazprom has spun a web of control over energy supplies extending from Estonia on the Baltic Sea to Bulgaria on the Black Sea.
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"Politicians have to know how to respond to current uncertainties and tensions in the world. Nothing would contribute more to peace in the world than a good, stable and lasting relationship between the EU and Russia"  By Jeff MasonMAFRA, Portugal  - Russian President Vladimir Putin sparred with European Union leaders on Friday over EU plans to limit foreign investment in its energy markets and Russia's stalled bid to join the World Trade Organization.One EU source called the talks "tough, frank" and described the players as "still trying to make each other hear the other."Putin, in his final EU summit as president, took a swipe at proposals from Brussels that could prevent gas monopoly Gazprom from buying up power grids and pipelines while the 27-nation bloc revamps its gas and electricity markets. Read more
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Russia's economy minister German Gref is trying to halt plans for the Gazprom monopoly to bid for the main production unit of embattled Yukos, but is unlikely to succeed, analysts said.
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Russia is seeking to re-establish its grip on ex-communist countries in Central Europe through its near monopoly on oil and gas, a former Polish chief spy says.
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COMPIEGNE, France  - Russia assured France and   Germany on Saturday it was a reliable energy supplier to   European consumers and said Gazprom was considering exporting   gas from its Shtokman field toward Europe.
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MOSCOW -- Russia trained Shamil Basayev to fight fires, but he has made a career igniting them.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has been trying to defuse a row over a European Union statement on Russia&#39;s handling of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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Eleven energy ministers warned of rising political and commercial risks to Europe's energy markets as President Vladimir Putin issued a warning to &quot;unconscientious&quot; investors.
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Royal Dutch Shell  CEO Jeroen van der Veer met Gazprom  chief Alexei Miller on Friday in Moscow to discuss admitting the Russian gas monopoly to the Sakhalin-2 project, Gazprom said.