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Going to the beach, Iranian-style...Sea is the largest lake in the world. The sea is bordered by Kazakhstan in the northeast, Turkmenistan in the southeast, Azerbaijan in the southwest, Russia in the northwest and Iran in the south. The Caspian is abundant in oil and gas... In this article: Iran, Caspian Sea, Tehran, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, Turkey, and Bandar-Abbas |
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Offshore | November 17, 2009
Caspian states move to finalize convention
...convention TEHRAN -- Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran intend to finalize a draft of the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, according to Iran's Petroenergy Information Network. The document,...
In this article: Iran, Caspian Sea, Tehran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan
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boston.com - Latest news | 6 days ago
Turkmenistan seen as top gas supplier for Nabucco
...that would feed into Nabucco. Construction of a trans-Caspian pipeline could be indefinitely stalled by differences on how to divide the sea between five littoral nations, including Russia and Iran. Talks have dragged for years without...
In this article: Turkmenistan, European Union, Caspian Sea, Europe, Iran, Natural gas, and Azerbaijan
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Financial Times | November 01, 2009
CDB turns away from the path of reform
...might Since the start of this year, CDB has extended long-term, low-interest loans on easy terms to Russia ($25bn), Brazil ($10bn), Turkmenistan ($4bn) and Venezuela ($4bn) in exchange for guaranteed future supplies of oil. At the end...
In this article: Barclays, China, Beijing, China Development Bank, ABN AMRO, Brookings Institution, and Agricultural Development Bank of China
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Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1 | November 05, 2009
<em>Reason</em> Morning Links: UN Pulls Staff From Afghanistan, American Officials Convicted in Italy, Cash for Clunkers Post-Mortem
...and Uzbekistan. As evidence, he points to the plans to build a natural gas pipeline through Afghanistan that would allow Western oil companies to avoid Russia and Iran when transporting natural gas out of the region. You guys, they're...
In this article: U.N., Natural gas, Afghanistan, CIA, Uzbekistan, Italy, Turin, Central Asia, and U.K.
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Oil & Gas Journal | October 21, 2009
Turkmenistan seeks ban on Russian re-exports of gas
...between Turkmenistan's President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller aimed at resuming Russia's import of Turkmen gas that were suspended in April after a pipeline blast. Both sides have since...
In this article: Gazprom, Turkmenistan, Natural gas, Alexei Miller, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, and Los Angeles
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | October 28, 2009
Britain faces gas shortage in six years due to Russia
...in Russia rank in our stress-testing. " Regional tensions between Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey mean that there are many shifting alliances and projects competing for finite funding. There is also a risk that Russian producers...
In this article: UK, Europe, Coal, Cass Business School, Turkmenistan, and Siberia
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Oil, gas supply trends point to tight spots, higher prices
...special problems-high carbon dioxide content and high reservoir pressure. The potentially massive gas reserves in the Yamal Peninsula of Russia are undeveloped. Shtokman, the world's sixth largest gas field, was discovered in 1989 and has...
In this article: Natural gas, Recession, Middle East, Fossil fuel, North America, Africa, Latin America, Western Europe, and Madagascar
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Special Report: Improved oil, gas demand, price forecasts raise drilling rig trend
These show Norway with 22 (20 oil, 2 gas) and the UK with 19 (13 oil, 6 gas). Smith International has a breakout of the Russia and Caspian region. The countries with the main active rigs in this region are Azerbaijan with 13 (1 land,...
In this article: Baker Hughes Inc., Smith International, US, Canada, Abu Dhabi, Alberta, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Range Resources Corp., and Africa
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Russia (pronounced: /en-us-Russia.ogg/; rrɐˈsʲijə), officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation (rrɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈraʦəjə), is a country in northern Eurasia (Europe and Asia together). It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. Russia shares borders with the following countries (from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk) and the United States (by the Bering Strait). At 17075400 km2, Russia is by far the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth’s land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 11 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources, and is considered an energy superpower.
It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's unfrozen fresh water.
- Name:
- Russia
- Capital:
- Moscow
- Language:
- Russian official throughout the country; twenty-seven others co-official in various regions
- Largest City:
- Moscow
- Government type:
- Federal semi-presidential republic
- Legislature:
- Federal Assembly
- Upper House:
- Federation Council
- Lower House:
- State Duma
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1721
- Formations:
- Kievan Rus'
- Area:
- 6,592,800
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $2.264 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 6th
- GDP (nominal):
- $1.676 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 52nd
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 8th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $11,807
- Currency:
- Ruble
- Demonym:
- Russian
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- RUB
- Country Calling Code:
- +7
- ccTLD:
- .ru (.su reserved), (.рф 2009)
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