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Gazprom is a private company, but the Russian government holds a majority stake. It deals with the business of extraction, production, transport and sale of natural gas.

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view of a gas pressure-gauge of the natural gas pipeline in Boyarka village near Kyiv, Ukraine, 03 January 2009.

Gas Pains

An ongoing gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine could be solved soon -- if conditions are met.
January 8, 2009
Gas pressure meter and pipes in the Ukraine

Energy Efficiency

Germany must diversify if it wants to survive the current gas crisis, says an energy expert.
January 8, 2009
Russian flag and gas guage

Cold Ultimatum

Russia is to meet with EU officials for talks on the gas supply crisis and shortages in Europe.
January 8, 2009

The EU Bites Back

The EU warns Russia and Ukraine that they face long-term consequences if the gas row isn't solved.
January 7, 2009
A worker operates a valve at a gas storage and transit point

Left in the Cold

Russian energy giant Gazprom has stopped all gas deliveries to Europe, gas conduit Ukraine says.
January 7, 2009
A pipeline gauge shows zero at a pumping station in Ukraine

Gas Row Escalates

Europe was hit with a further slash in Russian natural gas deliveries as the stand-off worsened.
January 6, 2009
A gas pressure gauge

Gas Dispute

Winter has set in, and the Ukrainian gas crisis is worrying a number of EU countries.
January 6, 2009
Vladmir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev

Power Struggle

Russia says it will further cut gas to Ukraine by 65 million cubic meters per day.
January 5, 2009
A gas pressure gauge indicating zero seen at a snow-covered transit point

Gas Standoff

The EU has sent a fact-finding mission to Kyiv to clarify Ukraine's gas dispute with Russia.
January 5, 2009
gas gauge

Gas Row

Ukraine says Russia threatens to slash gas deliveries, which will hit supplies to the EU.
January 4, 2009
Employees at a pipeline valve at the main Hungarian gas company, the Mol Gas Transport Corp.

Gas Row

The EU demands Russia resume full gas deliveries after drops in Poland and Hungary.
January 3, 2009
A hand turning off a gas tap

Gas Row Revisited

German Foreign Minister Steinmeier appealed to Russia and Ukraine to end their gas dispute.
January 1, 2009

Gas Standoff

Russia will cut off gas supplies to Ukraine amid worries that European exports could be at risk.
December 31, 2008
Ukrainian gas worker

Gas Standoff

Russia has accused Ukraine of threatening gas supplies to Europe if its own supply is cut off.
December 31, 2008
gas pipeline in Ukraine

Winter Chill

Russia has warned Europe its gas supplies could be threatened over a dispute with Ukraine.
December 27, 2008
A Ukrainian worker operates valves in a gas storage and transit point in Boyarka

Natural Gas Dispute

Germany is warily following a dispute between Russia and Ukraine that could threaten gas supplies.
December 23, 2008
A worker on duty at a gas compressor station of the Yamal-Europe pipeline near Nesvizh, Belarus

Russian Gas

Gazprom promises price cuts for Europe while Putin denies energy-cartel rumors.
November 12, 2008
A gas pressure gauge

Report: Russia, Other Gax Exporters Postpone Cartel Talks

Efforts by Russia and other countries to form an OPEC-style cartel for natural gas have run into difficulties, a German newspaper reported.
November 1, 2008
Gazprom pipeline

German Company Buys into Russian Gas Field

E.ON, one of Germany's biggest energy companies, said it had bought one quarter of one of the world's greatest natural gas fields, at Yuzhno Russkoye in Russia.
October 3, 2008
President Dmitriy Medvedev

Arctic Security

President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia must protect its borders in the resource-rich Arctic region.
September 17, 2008
Construction on the Baltic pipeline

Report: Poland's Tusk Calls for New Debate over Baltic Pipeline

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called on Germany to rethink the Baltic Sea pipeline project with Russia in light of the ongoing crisis over Russia's military presence in Georgia, German media reported.
September 6, 2008
An Ukrainian car enters the European Union on the Polish Ukrainian border in Korczowa, southeast Poland

Background: EU Trade with Ukraine Flourishes

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union brought independence to Ukraine and shattered the Stalinist economy, the EU has become the country's biggest trading partner.
September 4, 2008
Georgians demonstrate with giant Georgian, EU and NATO flags

Georgia Wants Closeness

Georgia's premier said Tuesday that his country is hoping to strengthen ties with the EU soon.
September 2, 2008
Former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder

Schroeder Rebuked

Politicians criticized ex-chancellor Schroeder for his pro-Russian stance in the Caucasus war.
August 18, 2008
A gas pipeline runs through the Russian landscape

Nord Stream Pipeline Firm Hires Former Finnish Premier

Former Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen has been hired as a consultant by a consortium that plans to build an underwater Baltic Sea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, reports said Friday.
August 15, 2008
A crane lifts pieces of the Nord Stream pipeline

German-Russian Baltic Sea Gas Pipeline Delayed

Completion of the controversial Nord Stream gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea is likely to be delayed by one year from 2011 to 2012, a German executive working on the Russian-led project said Wednesday.
July 24, 2008
Gazprom building with logo

Natural Gas Network

Gazprom wants to set up a network of European service stations to provide cars with natural gas.
June 27, 2008
Russian peacekeepers man a gun during training in Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia

Merkel Supports Georgia

Chancellor Merkel offered Germany's support to Georgia after talks with President Saakashvili.
June 25, 2008
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 5, 2008.

Medvedev in Berlin

In Berlin, President Medvedev spoke of closer ties with the EU but also Russia's rift with the West.
June 5, 2008
A man checks a pipeline segment

Baltic States Want Energy Cooperation Despite Pipeline Row

The Baltic states and Poland want to join energy, environment and economic development projects in the Baltic Sea region despite their opposition to a planned Russian-German underwater gas pipeline.
June 4, 2008
Schroeder hugging Putin

Former Chancellor Schroeder Honored by Russian Academy

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was honored by the Russian Academy of Sciences on Thursday for his work in smoothing attitudes to Russia in Germany and the European Union.
May 29, 2008
Part of the Baltic pipeline is put into place

Standing up to Gazprom

The EU voted to protect the Baltic Sea and energy markets from the Gzaprom Nord Stream pipeline.
May 28, 2008
A man on bicycle drives by a pre-election billboards showing Serbia's nationalist prime minister Vojislav Kostunica,left, and pro-western President Boris Tadic with graffiti reading "Tadic, Judas", in downtown Belgrade

Last-Minute Manoeuvre

The Serb government approved an EU pre-membership agreement ahead of Sunday crunch elections.
May 10, 2008
Orange gas pipeline

Gas Dominoes

Russia has further cut the supply of gas to Ukraine, which could affect delivery in Western Europe.
March 4, 2008
Dmitry Medvedev and his wife, casting their ballots

Revising Relations

Some in Germany say a change in Russian leadership could improve the West's ties to Moscow.
March 1, 2008
A man looks through a section of the proposed gas pipeline

Polish Pipeline Plan

Poland will present its own plan for the Baltic gas pipeline when Donald Tusk visits Russia.
January 30, 2008
Serbian and Russian flags above an EU flag

Closing Ranks

Russia and Serbia signed a key energy deal as the EU considers closer ties with the Balkan country.
January 25, 2008

Russia/ Gazprom

Germany depends on Russia for 45 percent of its natural gas supplies, which all come from Gazprom, a huge firm, entirely controlled by the Kremlin. A new book reveals details of the energy giant.
January 20, 2008

Gazprom in Nigeria

Gazprom is to invest in the gas sector in Nigeria. Up to now, the companies of Royal Dutch Shell, Exxonmobil, and Chevron have dominated the oil and gas sectors in Nigeria.
January 9, 2008
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev

Musical Chairs?

After Russian President Putin chose his successor on Monday, the man returned the favor on Tuesday.
December 11, 2007
opinion logo with pen

Russia's Future

What will a change of president mean for Russia? DW's Ingo Mannteufel analyzes the situation.
December 11, 2007
Merkel and Putin sitting together at a table

Germany-Russia Summit

Chancellor Merkel and President Putin agreed dialogue with Iran was needed to solve the nuke crisis.
October 15, 2007
A worker turns the wheel of a gas pipeline

Gas Delivery Dispute

The EU wants Russia and Belarus to come to an amicable agreement over a new gas supply dispute.
August 1, 2007

Verbal Attack on Schröder

Germany has defended former Chancellor Schröder against verbal attacks from a US congressman.
June 13, 2007

Blast Hits Pipeline

An explosion in Ukraine knocked out one of the main gas pipelines from Russia to the EU.
May 7, 2007

New Routeplan for Pipeline

A controversial Baltic Sea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany could run through Estonian waters.
April 13, 2007
Pipe supplies for the pipeline

Controversy Over Baltic Pipeline

Finland questioned the accuracy of an environmental impact study on the Russian-German pipeline.
March 3, 2007

Europe's Top Companies

Germany barely made the top 20 of Europe's largest companies according to stock market price.
February 20, 2007

Swedes Oppose Gas Pipeline

A Russian gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea could hurt Sweden's ecosystem and national security.
February 12, 2007
An emergency stock of large gas pipes

Baltic Pipeline

The European Investment Bank said it couldn't fund a Russian-German gas pipeline at the moment.
February 8, 2007