(RFE/RL) January 10, 2007 -- Georgia was due today to start receiving natural gas from Azerbaijan.
Georgian truckers blocking the road into Russia on January 6 (AFP) January 9, 2006 -- Dozens of trucks loaded with tangerines from Georgia continue to block the road at the Russia-Georgia border in protest at Russia's refusal to admit their cargo.
January 8, 2007 -- About 60 Georgian truckers continue to block a highway crossing into Russia in protest a Russian decision to ban their cargo of tangerines on food-safety grounds.
Many Georgians were fearing a cold winter (epa) January 5, 2007 -- Following the announcement in early November by Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly Gazprom that it planned to raise the price of natural gas supplied to CIS countries in 2007, Georgia and Azerbaijan have both sought to secure alternative supplies.
(RFE/RL) January 5, 2007 -- A Georgian police officer was reported killed and another injured early today in a clash in western Georgia near the border with the breakaway region of Abkhazia.
A Russian interparliamentary commission's final report on the September 2004 Beslan tragedy differs on a number of points from the conclusions of previous findings.
<p>January 1, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Belarus and Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly Gazprom signed a last-minute deal on gas deliveries just before a midnight deadline was set to expire.</p>
December 27, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Another New Year, another gas crisis between Russia and one of its neighbors.
(RFE/RL) December 26, 2006 -- Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler today said he will meet with his Georgian and Azerbaijani counterparts in Istanbul "within the week" to discuss the sharing of gas from Azerbaijan's giant Shah Deniz field.
December 22, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- As oil prices climbed in 2006 and burgeoning global powers China and India emerged as major energy consumers, one country above all others appeared poised to profit -- Russia.
December 22, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Gazprom announced today that it has concluded a deal with Georgia to supply natural gas at more than double the previous price.
Relations with Central Asian, the Black Sea region, and Russia are among the top priorities of the EU's incoming German presidency.
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