Saturday, June 18, 2011

Libya, Gazprom, Eni and the Great Game over oil

The Soviet Union is long gone. But competition with Russia over access to oil sources is still around, and intensifying. McClatchy reported in May:



Accompanying article: Kevin Hall, WikiLeaks cables show that it was all about the oil
05/16/2011

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