All Posts Tagged With: "Russia"

Profit Opportunities From the New Cold War

Like it or not, with the invasion of Georgia, we have a new Cold War – as well as the profit opportunities that accompany such a conflict. International investors were able to make a lot of money during the “first”…

16Aug2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Commodities Coup: Moscow Seizes Control of Agricultural Exports

Russia has generated considerable political ill will throughout the former Soviet Union and even in Europe by renationalizing its energy sector – ultimately using such state-run ventures as OAO Gazprom and its resource-rich position as weapons of economic diplomacy.

And now…

4Aug2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Gazprom Keeps the Heat on Europe by Pressing Libya

OAO Gazprom, Russia’s state- sponsored gas monopoly, is offering to buy all of Libya’s oil and gas exports in a bid to increase its dominance over Europe’s gas market and enhance Russia’s political clout throughout the region.

Alexei Miller, Gazprom’s…

14Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Russian Oil Exploration — And Why The US Will Be Playing Catch-up

I told you so.

While the U.S. dawdles, hems and haws over offshore drilling, the Russians are committed to developing the Arctic.

And the Russians are going to do it. They will conquer the resources of the Arctic, just as their Czarist…

14Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | Continued

Silver Prices Ready to Rocket; Four Reasons Why and Two Ways to Buy

Silver prices have vaulted an extraordinary 106% in the past two and a half years.

More impressive, silver prices have gained 33% since mid December.

Now, compare that to how U.S. stocks have fared since then: The Dow Jones Industrial…

7Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Russian Oil… Under Serious Constraints

I spoke on this subject in the middle of April, but there is more news coming…

“News of falling oil output has hit Moscow political circles like a bomb.”

So states a recent article in the Hundustan Times, another “go to” source for…

6Jun2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | Continued

With the New Russian President Vowing to Steer a Steady Ship, U.S. Investors Can Look to Profit

New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wants better links with Europe. Judging by the performance of outgoing President Vladimir Putin, Europe should beware: The so-called “links” he’s seeking may resemble those used to chain together prisoners in the Gulag.

On the other…

9May2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Russia Turns to Libya to Tighten Grip on European Energy Supply

Russia agreed yesterday (Thursday) to write off $4.5 billion in Libyan Cold War-era debt in exchange for military and civilian contracts for Russian companies, Reuters reported.

The deal will almost certainly help Russia tighten its grip on European energy supplies.

“I am…

18Apr2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued

Russia vs. the Ukraine: Gazprom always wins

Gazprom

The Ukraine government is a teenage boy, and a rather ungrateful teenage boy, at that. The former Soviet Bloc country wants to be independent and chose its own friends. But at the same time, it still wants an allowance from…

15Feb2008 | Stephanie Grimmett | 0 comments | Continued