Ticalosia Moskovei nu are margini: Razboiul energetic criminal al Rusiei
Tarului KGB Putin pune la grea incercare bravul Popor Georgian dar si Moldova
si Bucurestiul !
Dezastrul romanesc a fost insa pregatit si "negociat" metodic de catre fostul
ministru multimiliardar Dan Ioan Popescu(D.I.P) si de ofiterul de informatii al
D.I.M., ministrul P.C.R. Codrut Seres si grupul de interese criminale meschine
din jurul lor. Halal patrioti !
Dipl.ec. Ioan Pop
Russia's new criminal policy: Is Georgian Gas Crisis Evidence Of Moscow's New
Energy Strategy?
By Victor Yasmann - RADIO FREE EUROPE
Workers lay a segment of the Baltic Sea gas pipeline northeast of
Moscow Georgia's contentious relations with Russia hit a new low in the
wake of the 22 January attacks on a pipeline supplying gas to Georgia. Without
supplying evidence to support their claims, President Mikheil Saakashvili and
other Georgian officials accused Russia of engineering the explosions as a
means of triggering a political crisis in Georgia.
The twin blasts in North Ossetia - which borders the Georgian breakaway
province of South Ossetia that seeks union with Russia - effectively shut down
the main pipeline supply Georgia with Russian gas at a time when the region is
weathering a brutal cold snap. The same day, electricity supplies to Georgia
were interrupted following an explosion at a transmission tower on Russian
territory.
Saakashvili wasted little time in pointing the finger at Russia, claiming the
attacks "were done so that Georgia will break apart... and fall into the hands
of Russia."
Georgian parliamentary speaker Nino Burdzhanadze told Russia's Ekho Moskvy
radio on 23 January that the attacks were "deliberate action against Georgia,"
adding that "I am more than sure that major Russian forces, including special
services, are unfortunately interested in destabilizing the situation."
Russia immediately dismissed the allegations, placing the blame on
pro-Chechen insurgents in North Ossetia, and the Russian Foreign Ministry said
Saakashvili's comments "cannot be seen as other than hysteria."
Really So 'Hysterical'?
The Russian Foreign Ministry in a 22 January statement wrote off the Georgian
response as "a mixture of parasitic attitude, hypocrisy... based on hopes to
find Western patrons for their anti-Russian course." "If Tbilisi has made up
its mind to finally spoil relations with Russia," the statement added, "it must
have calculated all consequences of such a policy."
But while Russia's angles to characterize its neighbor's reaction as
"hysterical," Georgia is not alone in its perception that Russia is using its
wealth of natural resources to impose its will on those who rely on it for
energy imports. Russia's recent gas disputes with Ukraine and Moldova, which
have only temporarily been resolved, serve to provide credence to this view.
During a 22 December meeting of the Russian Security Council, President
Vladimir Putin outlined his vision for the development of Russia into an
"energy superpower." As quoted by www.kremlin.ru , Putin told the council that
"energy is the most important force of world economic progress. It always was
and will be for a long time." He noted that Russia has "competitive, natural,
and technological advantages" that could place it in a leading position in the
global energy sector. "In fact," he conceded, "Russia has no other area in
which to claim leadership."
This would be amended by Putin's "energy imperialism" strategy, so dubbed by
observers, which entails pursuing a number of regional, domestic, and global
objectives. The end goal, presumably, is for Russia to use its energy surplus
to expand its political and economic influence, gain the status of an "energy
superpower," and in so doing regain its former status as a political superpower
as well. A new federal agency, chaired by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and
includes higher-ranking federal officials, business elites, and the heads of
Russia's largest oil and gas companies has been created to oversee Putin's
initiative.
The diversification of Russia's energy-export market and the overhaul of the
country's infrastructure for the delivery of conventional energy is a crucial
aspect of the plan.
The construction of new pipelines is already under way, examples of which can
be found in the North European line to Germany, a route from western Siberia to
Murmansk, and the Pacific Oil Pipeline from Tayshet to Nakhodka. The latter
pipeline is expected to bring Russian oil to the markets of China, Japan, and
Korea -- and potentially to the United States, Mexico, Indonesia, and
Australia.
But Putin said priority should be given to the expansion of Russia's
nuclear-power industry, and to the development of innovative technologies such
as hydrogen fuel-cells. The idea is that such a tack will better position
Russia to benefit from Asia's rising appetite for energy, through the sale of
nuclear technology and expertise as well as from natural resources. At the same
time, advised the president, "one should not to lose the former market of the
Soviet Union."
There have been signs of maneuvering on the part of the government in keeping
with this line of thought. On 12 January, Federal Atomic Energy Agency head
Sergei Kirienko announced in Astana that Russia is negotiating with Ukraine and
Kazakhstan to restore the former nuclear-industry complex that was supervised
during the Soviet era by the Ministry of Medium Machine Building (Minsredmash).
"All we have on the territory of Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan is a single
complex," Prime-TASS quoted Kirienko as saying. "We need to restore Minsredmash
both for domestic goals and for the opening global market."
Position Of Authority
The recent rows with Ukraine, Moldova, and currently Georgia certainly found
Russia in a good bargaining position as they showed that the interruption of
gas supplies - even for only a short time - can have a huge regional impact.
But more telling is the power Moscow wields globally through its natural
resources.
Within a day of the development of the latest crisis, Russia's Gazprom
announced that gas from an alternate source was being pumped into Georgia via
Azerbaijan. (Azerbaijan had stepped up gas supplies to Georgia following the
explosions but had to cut back on 25 January for technical reasons.)
However, by that time the disruption had already helped push the global price
for oil to nearly $70 per barrel. History reveals other similar examples --
notably the three-day cutoff of Being's access to the European market via the
"Druzhba" oil pipeline in the 1970s.
Thus, it is clear what geopolitical weight Russia can have in using energy as
a lever if it chooses to do so. And whether the events affecting Georgia have
any relation to the new strategy or not, it is clear that Russia's search for a
unified vision for its future has ended.
However, before pursuing such a path in earnest Russia would be well served
to realize that doing so threatens to destroy all that it gained through its
economic-reform efforts.
The overwhelming corruption that complemented Russia's massive
natural-resource wealth was a major factor in the country turning away from an
economy so dependent on that sector in the first place.
There is little reason to believe that a turn away from reforms will not
usher in a new era of corruption whose weight could sink Putin's version of a
modern Russian 'energy superpower" as well.
Millions Of Georgians Powerless After Snowfalls Down Pylons
Georgians queue for gas in Tbilisi, 22 January
26 January 2006 -- Around three million Georgians are without electricity
today after heavy snowfalls ruptured power lines delivering electricity from
western to eastern regions, including the capital Tbilisi.
The power shortage comes amid a continuing gas shortage following
explosions on two of the main natural gas pipelines in southern Russia on 22
January.
Millions of Georgians have been left without heating. In Tbilisi, people were
queuing up for gas cylinders and kerosene canisters.
Azerbaijan had stepped up gas supplies to Georgia following the explosions
but had to cut back on 25 January for technical reasons.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has accused Russia of being behind the
blasts. Russia strongly rejects the allegation.
(AP, Civil Georgia, Interfax)
http://www.rferl.com/featuresarticle/2006/01/7b2bfb86-810c-44f2-a74b-428150111a1c.html
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