... He is a lecturer in politics at the University of Kent and a visiting professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Lille (Sciences Po). His research concerns capitalism, religion, ethics, civil economy, European Union and wider Europe like Russia, Ukraine and Turkey. He is an Associate Editor of the journal TELOS and Fellow of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy. In 2012 Dr. Pabst was appointed a Trustee of the independent non-partisan think-tank ResPublica Trust where he works on alternative ...
... Egyptian, and Qatari imports. All 4 projects aimed at supplying China have not materialised even though discussions have been ongoing since 2006-2007, but it is only a matter of time before a deal is concluded as China is naturally the biggest client and Russia is the largest supplier. Talks have intensified as Gazprom realises it cannot wait forever and it even requested a 40% upfront payment by China for gasification.
At the time Mareš and Laryš wrote their article it looked like Russia had several options, like supplying China, Japan, the ...
... years (See: UPI). Therefore, state run firms do not have to be negatively looked upon. It is nevertheless important that this giant is guided into the right direction. It will be interesting to see how the relationship between Rosneft develops with the Russian government, as Gazprom has always been the state official and legal monopoly, but as the former's potential grows, particularly in gas, this status quo may alter. Currently, Ministry of Natural Resources backs Gazprom (See: InterfaxEnergy). Finally, whether ...
... contention stimulating uncertainty is the debate amid long-term contracts and hub trading which is set to be introduced across Europe. An official justification is that Europe feels that gas is overpriced and super-natural profits are recorded by the Russian gas monopoly. At IMEMO RAN Sergei Komlev, Gazprom Export Head of Department for gas Contracts and Pricing, “rebuffs the overpricing myth” by arguing that raw materials increased on average 3-4 times resulting in a natural price increase as pipeline construction or alike now costs ...
