
Iran to begin receiving Russian gas via Azerbaijan
Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said that almost all outstanding issues in the negotiation process had been resolved.
Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said that almost all outstanding issues in the negotiation process had been resolved.
A test shipment will be sent on through the Bulgaria–Romania–Ukraine route.
The sanctions were announced on 9 May, the day Russia and other former Soviet states commemorate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
According to official readouts of meetings held, the EU’s energy cooperation with Azerbaijan was one of the biggest topics on the agenda.
The agreement was the latest sign of increasingly close ties between Israel and Azerbaijan.
The pipeline will allow Azerbaijan to send gas to its exclave via Turkey, ostensibly reducing the country’s reliance on Iran.
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-