Russia assured France and Germany on Saturday it was a reliable energy supplier to European consumers and said Gazprom was considering exporting gas from its Shtokman field toward Europe.

The Gazprom Company considers laying Altay gas pipeline through the Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous district territory, Tomsk region, the Altay Territory, the Republic of Altay, and further to China to be the most efficient route among all considered...

Western giants used to have easy pickings in Russia. Now Moscow is taking a harder line

Oil transportation from Russia to China by the Transsiberian Railway reached its record level, an official at the administration of the East-Siberian Railway, which is a subsidiary of the Russia's Railways company.

Fund managers are keeping their cool in the face of Russian political risk as western oil majors come under pressure and state control of business grows.