The memorandum was signed by Gazprom's management committee chairman Alexey Miller and GDF Suez chief Gérard Mestrallet, according to a statement from the companies. The two parties agreed to start discussions on supplying up to 1.5 billion cubic metres of additional gas per year to GDF Suez from 2015. The supplies will be shipped via the planned Nord Stream pip...
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EurActiv on 2nd Mar 2010 (via euractiv.com)
Via War is Boring, a French Ministry of Defence official has indicated that France has agreed to sell a Mistral class amphibious warship to Russia. The article gave no indication about the rest of the deal (such as the licensing of the construction of additional Mistrals in Russia), but it did note that France's NATO ally Lithuania had expressed concern about the deal. The contract for the 21...
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InformationDissemination on 8th Feb 2010 (via informationdissemination.net)
A deal brokered by France not only failed to slow the Russian advance in Georgia, it allowed Russia to claim it could push deeper.
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InternationalHeraldTribune on 14th Aug 2008 (via iht.com)
The imminent collapse of a nuclear deal between the United States and Russia represents the most tangible casualty so far of deteriorating relations with Russia.
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InternationalHeraldTribune on 29th Aug 2008 (via iht.com)
The imminent collapse of a nuclear deal between the United States and Russia represents the most tangible casualty so far of deteriorating relations with Russia.
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InternationalHeraldTribune on 29th Aug 2008 (via iht.com)
He’s finally noticed that it’s start up companies that create new jobs, not large established companies. Well done. He then goes on to talk about how we might encourage more start up companies. At which point he fails to even mention tax, regulation or the venture capital industry, all generally considered to be the important things about
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TimWorstall on 4th Apr 2010 (via timworstall.com)
France regrets a recent decision by Germany's Siemens to start a "strategic partnership" with Russia in the nuclear energy field, a leading French expert close to the Paris government told EurActiv.
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EurActiv on 6th Feb 2009 (via euractiv.com)
Military co-operation deal represents start of a new relationship between Britain and France, says PM.
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Telegraph on 2nd Nov 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Wow. Russia said Wednesday it plans to buy a new helicopter-carrying assault warship from NATO-member France in an unprecedented deal experts say reflects Kremlin efforts to accelerate military modernization. The agreement for purchase of one Mistral-class naval ship also equipped with hovercraft and landing craft will be completed by the end of the year, the Russian chief of staff, General Nikola...
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InformationDissemination on 26th Aug 2009 (via informationdissemination.net)
The agreement came on Monday after Ukraine, Russia and the European Union approved a deal to deploy pipeline monitors.
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InternationalHeraldTribune on 12th Jan 2009 (via iht.com)