APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from September 2003

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from September 2003

RUSSIA - The Non-OPEC Countries - Part 9.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... After a somewhat chaotic transition through the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia is now set on a more stable course. There are still a number of uncertainties on the horizon, but there is a much greater level of...

RUSSIA - Profile - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
September 29, 2003... Elected President in March 2000, Putin has managed to transform the Russian scenario from one of economic uncertainty and political instability to one where the public has a great deal more confidence in the future of the country. He has...

RUSSIA - Profile - Viktor Khristenko.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... A liberal deputy PM aged 44, Khristenko is in charge of the energy sector and a member of Gazprom's board. He handles the export quotas for the oil firms and sets the export taxes on crude oil and fuels. Khristenko in 2000 rejected a...

RUSSIA - Profile - German Oskarovich Gref.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... The Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Gref is powerful among the reformers and leads the Centre for Strategic Development, which was created after Putin became prime minister in 1999. Like Putin, Gref is from St. Petersburg and the...

RUSSIA - Profile - Igor Yusufov.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... The energy minister since June 2001, Yusufov had never worked in energy or the petroleum industry before. He has had some experience in foreign trade and also worked in Cuba, where he learned to speak Spanish fluently. But the energy ministry...

RUSSIA - Profile - Vitaly Artyukhov.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... The natural resources minister since June 2001, Artyukhov was brought in to replace Boris Yatskevich who moved to another government post. This ministry grants E&P licences for both unexplored areas and known oil and gas reserves. It works with...

RUSSIA - Profile - Dmitry Kozak.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... A deputy head of the presidential administration, Kozak is the Kremlin man in charge of petroleum resources. In mid-2002 he drafted and sent to the Duma amendments to the subsoil law, which appeared to augur a re-nationalisation of oil...

RUSSIA - Profile - Alexei Miller.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... President Putin in May 2001 appointed Alexei Miller as CEO of Gazprom to replace Rem Vyakhirev who had run Russia's biggest company since 1992. Until then, Miller was deputy minister of energy. Miller, aged 40, is from St Petersburg where he...

RUSSIA - Profile - Semyon Vainshtok.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2003... CEO of the state-controlled oil pipeline company TransNeft since Sep. 1999, Vainshtok has become powerful. Previously he was a vice president at LUKoil, the biggest oil company in Russia which he is backing. Vainshtok was brought in to replace...