VOL. XL

No. 38

22-September-1997

FSU

Russia Announces Plans For Alternative Crude Pipeline To Bypass Chechenya FollowingAgreement On Transport Of Azeri Oil

Within days of reaching an agreement with Chechenya covering the transport of crude oilfrom Azerbaijan through Chechen territory, Russia announced that it will construct a newpipeline that will bypass its independence-minded republic whether it continues to use theChenchen route to the Black Sea or not. Following a decision taken by a...