http://www.neweurasia.net/business-and-economics/shakespeare-in-ashgabad-part-1-my-kingdom-for-a-barrel-petrol/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.neweurasia.net/business-and-economics/shakespeare-in-ashgabad-part-1-my-kingdom-for-a-barrel-petrol/comment-page-1/#comment-26680 neweurasia.net » Tulips in Ashgabad: promises (and dreams) to keep Sat, 22 May 2010 15:24:37 +0000 http://www.neweurasia.net/?p=7235#comment-26680 [...] “The Turkmen leadership is aware of Russia’s humongous influence in the region and are trying to not to risk making moves that run too contrary to Russian interests.  You may recall that there was once a lot of talk about the US-backed Trans-Caspian pipeline which suddenly evaporated into thin air; we’ll see what happens to the equally controversial Nabucco pipeline.” [...] [...] “The Turkmen leadership is aware of Russia’s humongous influence in the region and are trying to not to risk making moves that run too contrary to Russian interests.  You may recall that there was once a lot of talk about the US-backed Trans-Caspian pipeline which suddenly evaporated into thin air; we’ll see what happens to the equally controversial Nabucco pipeline.” [...]

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