GLOBAL ENERGY SHIFTS THREATEN TO LEAVE RUSSIA IN THE LURCH A EurasiaNet Partner Post from: RFE/RL A shiny new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is set to open in the Polish port of Swinoujscie next year. Three thousand kilometers to the east, Chinese President Xi Jinping leap-frogged across Central Asia in September signing billions of dollars worth of energy deals with producing countries such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan -- as well as with the crucial transit country Kyrgyzstan. These two developments at either end of an energy network that has been firmly anchored by Moscow for decades are sure signs of a shifting global energy environment that threatens the core of Russias economic and geopolitical might. FULL STORY: eurasianet.org/node/67654
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:00:01 +0000
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