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Abkhazians decry ‘petrol monopoly’ amidst ongoing fuel shortage

by OC Media

•2 min read

Abkhazia is facing the risk of a fuel shortage crisis after Moscow reportedly granted a state-owned oil company exclusive rights to export fuel to Abkhazia. On Tuesday, Abkhazia’s Parliament sent an appeal to Moscow, asking Russia to ‘revise’ its decree granting Rosneft the exclusive right to export petrol to Abkhazia. The authorities in Abkhazia have attributed a shortage of petrol to a 16 December Russian decree reportedly barring all Russian companies except for Rosneft, a majority state-

A man chops wood in Stepanakert on 16 December 2022. Photo: Marut Vanyan/OC Media

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Nagorno-Karabakh reports gas cut for second time since start of blockade

by Ani Avetisyan

•3 min read

Nagorno-Karabakh’s gas supply has been cut for the second time since the beginning of the Lachin Corridor blockade. This comes against a backdrop of daily power cuts following damage to the cable supplying the region with electricity. In an announcement on Facebook, Mesrop Arakelyan, an adviser to the region’s state minister, Ruben Vardanyan, accused Azerbaijan of aiming to ‘depopulate’ Nagorno-Karabakh. The region has been under blockade since 12 December, when a group of Azerbaijanis cla

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Arrests in Tbilisi as fuel price protests block central interchange

by Shota Kincha

•3 min read

Police have detained 20 people who organised demonstrations paralysing traffic in central Tbilisi over rising fuel prices. Two arrests were also reportedly made during a similar protest in Kutaisi. On Sunday, demonstrators rallied on foot around Tbilisi’s busiest roundabout — Heroes Square, refusing to unblock it until the authorities provided them with guarantees to curb the skyrocketing fuel prices in the country. Police used force to clear the motorways after warning demonstrators that th

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Abkhazia fuel shortage threatens budget squeeze

by Marianna Kotova

•2 min read

The shortage of fuel in Abkhazia is threatening regional budgets, which are largely financed through tax receipts from the sale of fuel. Since the beginning of the month, petrol has been scarce at gas stations throughout Abkhazia. Abkhazia’s Ministry of Economy has given several explanations for the shortage. According to the Ministry, the increased demand for fuel is in part to the record number of tourists visiting Abkhazia — as both tourists and Abkhazia residents working in the tourist

The #2 well in the Nazarlebi oil field, Dedoplistskaro Municipality, Kakheti, Georgia. Photo: Shota Kincha/OC Media/openDemocracy.

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Frontera spent $1 million on US lobbying while its Georgian workers went unpaid

by Thomas Rowley

•13 min read

US oil and gas company Frontera spent $1 million on lobbying in an attempt to sway an international arbitration case in Georgia, while many of its workers went unpaid, openDemocracy, OC Media, and Sludge report today. For years, the company promised Georgia and other Black Sea states their ‘energy independence’, and was originally founded by Bill White, a former US deputy secretary of energy, and the sons of a former US treasury secretary and the chair of US oil giant Conoco. But since Fron

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Georgian government ‘terminates contract’ with US oil firm Frontera

by OC Media

•2 min read

The Georgian government is to terminate their contract with American oil and gas firm Frontera Resource, which has been extracting in the country since 1997. The decision came after a ruling by the International Arbitration Tribunal which the Georgian Government claims went in their favour. Frontera has accused the government deliberately misrepresenting the ruling but have so far provided no details on which of the government’s claims were false. Georgia had accused the company of viola

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Georgian Government wins arbitration with US oil and gas firm Frontera

by OC Media

•4 min read

The International Arbitration Tribunal has upheld the vast majority of claims filed by the Georgian Government against the US oil and gas firm Frontera Resources, the government says. Georgia had accused the company of violating the terms of their contract, signed in 1997. They claimed that Frontera refused to return to the state land they were no longer using for extraction. After Georgia filed the appeal at the International Arbitration Tribunal in January 2018, Frontera responded with a