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The challenge of installing a gas grid across Russia is becoming increasingly political each year and impacts the image of both federal and regional authorities among the Russian society. The current discontent as well as the dropping trust in the government and the president made this issue a priority for the coming years. However, the […]

On January 6th 2021, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) received an updated schedule for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Meanwhile, Akademik Cherskiy reached the construction zone on the border of the German and Danish exclusive economic zones (EEZ).

Russians barely managed to put together a fleet that installed a little over 2.6 km of Nord Stream 2 in the shallow waters of the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Now the project is facing a more difficult test in the deeper waters of the German and Danish EEZs . It looks like the investors […]

Almost 16 years ago the dismantling of Russia’s then biggest oil company started. Out of the carnage a new tycoon was born, which until then had been a lightweight among Russian energy companies. The impact of those events has been resurfacing with various frequency, generating emotions and discussions not only about the energy sector, but […]

The fact that the House of Representatives adopted the Pentagon spending bill with the extended sanctions against Nord Stream 2 proves the U.S. is very determined. However, there are issues which may render the new restrictions less effective than expected – Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor at BiznesAlert.pl, writes.

In recent years, Poland has opened to the Baltic Sea in unprecedented ways. However, no political force that was in power after 1989 has treated the Baltic as an area worth protecting, and the Polish Navy as a kind of armed forces worth investing in and modernizing. This is especially dangerous considering, for instance, what […]

At the beginning of November the first nuclear block in Belarus’s Astravets NPP will be launched. It will take time before it will actually begin commercial operation, but it is a good moment to ask the question that has been pondered over for years: should Poland buy power from that NPP? – Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor […]

Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) has signed a confidentiality agreement with the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) on the possible participation in the privatization of Ukraine’s energy sector. PGNiG may be interested in Ukraine’s cogeneration plants – Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor at BiznesAlert.pl, writes.

On the 6th of October, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) informed the companies engaged in financing the Nord Stream 2 project, about its decision to impose penalties for an illegal concentration scheme to build a gas pipeline under the Baltic. What does the penalty mean for the companies that are bankrolling this […]

The modernization of the ship that will finish the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has been completed. Before continuing the pipe laying, the vessel will conduct a number of sea trials. Will the works begin before the possible U.S. sanctions enter into force? – Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor at BiznesAlert.pl, asks.