GAZPROM SHORES UP POSITION IN PROMISING CZECH GAS MARKET
June 1st, 2012
BY MIKE STEIN, IN PRAGUE
EASTERN and central Europeans often have mixed feelings about dealing with the Russians - and for good reason, given their 40-plus-year domination of the region after the Second World War. It has encouraged many governments to seek alternative energy supplies other than Russian gas, but - as the Cold War recedes into memory, old scars are healing and joint energy ventures with Russia's energy giant Gazprom are increasingly being assessed on their merits.
The Czech Republic is a case in point. On September 15, 2011, following a meeting of ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.