MOSCOW — As energy markets shrink, the same tactics that the Kremlin used to build Gazprom, the giant energy company, into a fearsome economic and political power that could restore Russian influence in the world are now backfiring, slashing both its profits and its influence.
Throughout his eight years as president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin [...]
By Subramaniam Sharma
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — India needs to tap opportunities to get nuclear reactors and secure uranium supplies as a global financial crisis may slow orders from other countries.
“The current global financial crisis may very well be a blessing in disguise,” Shyam Saran, special envoy to the prime minister on the nuclear deal, [...]
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 10 October / corr TrendCapital T.Zhukov / Japanese Sojitz Corp. intends to establish
a joint venture on production of uranium, TrendNews correspondent reported in Tashkent.
Memorandum on intention was concluded between the Japanese corporation and the State committee on geology and mineral resources of Uzbekistan, the State committee told TrendNews. Uzbekistan authorized Sojitz with [...]
