Why Russia is Fleeing from the Energy Charter Treaty
The following is an exclusive translation from Novye Izvestiya. Aren’t you a lucky reader…
The tail wags the dog
Judging by everything, Russia has refused to sign the Energy Charter because of the «YUKOS case»
IVAN MARKOV, «Novye Izvestiya»
Two weeks ago at a session of the government a decision undeservedly passed over by the attention of the mass information media was adopted about how Russia refuses to ratify the Energy Charter. This is one of the long-suffering international documents in the most recent Russian history. Our country first put its signature under this document our country in the long-ago year of 1994. So what happened, if after 15 years Russia has so harshly abandoned this document?