VOL. XLII

No. 29

19-July-1999

FSU

Moscow Has Vital Oil Interests Too, Russian Fuel MinisterDeclares

Russias Fuel and Energy Minister, Mr. Viktor Kalyuzhny, hasstated that Moscow has vital oil interests which it intends to defend. Speakingat a congress of the Union of Oil and Gas Industrialists in Moscow on 9 July,Mr. Kalyuzhny said: "A sharp competitive struggle is going on, not onlyfor access to energy resources, but also to markets for their production.Unfortunately, we only hear the term...