Russia plans tenfold rise in oil and gas exports to Asia

Russia plans a massive increase in the scale of its exports of oil and gas to Asia in its quest to expand its political and economic role as a global energy supplier, Vladimir Putin said, September 2006. This may raise concerns in Europe which is Rusia's biggest importer of Russian energy currently..

European Energy Charter http://www.encharter.org/index.jsp

Wikipedia: European Energy Charter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Energy_Charter

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