IMAGE: Eugeny Samarin / RIA Novosti
A public conflict between Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft and oil producer Rosneft has been developing since the contaminated oil crisis in the Russian Druzhba export pipeline which took place in April.
On July 8, Transneft claimed that Rosneft had allegedly made mistakes in quality controls and made unsubstantiated damages claims. According to the Transneft version, Rosneft was unwilling to participate in resolving the Druzhba export pipeline contaminated oil crisis. Rosneft denounced the Transneft version of the event saying that it had read the statement with “regret” and “bewilderment”.
The public confrontation regardng the quality of Russian oil continued in August and early September.
In late August, Gerhard Schroder, the former Chancellor of Germany and the chairman of the board of of Rosneft, proposed to create the institute of independent inspectors to monitor the quality of Russian oil, as well as reduce the standards for the content of organochlorine in it. Schroder came with this proposal to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Under the plan, surveys should be carried out to check the quality of oil in Transneft pipelines.
Transneft’s spokesman Igor Demin commented on this idea by saying that Transneft could agree on this proposal if all expenses are taken by oil producers. He also speculated that Rosneft provides wrong data to its chairman of the board. This developed into a further scandal involving heads of the companies: Rosneft’s Igor Sechin and Transneft’s Nikolai Tokarev. Sechin demanded from Transneft an appology for an vexed language of its spokesman. Tokarev rejected the demands saying that it’s Rosneft, the side that should make an appology for its public stance.
Russian sources say that Sechin and Tokarev have a long-standing conflict over some personal issues. Furhermore, the companies have repeatedly clashed over a number of issues competing in their sphere of interests and for the government funding.
The situation with the Druzhba export pipeline demonstrated that the increasing rift between the companies is becoming an obstracle for key Russian oil export questions.
This is another indication of the increasing standoff between various power groups within the Russian leadership. This conflict in the public sphere comes amid the softening control on the internal political situation from President Vladimir Putin and his inner circle during the past few years.
“Some head will roll out of his neck” (Putin’s Blade)
Is this another Khazar Mafia internal fight between Jewish Oligarchs, or is it a real thing?
A proof Russias economy lies in complete tatters, and Russia is about to dissolve along its seams in internal fights about power, civil wars, suppression of gays and women………and also corruption.
This could have been different if we Americans had run Crimea and Arctic from the beginning, and Putin had behaved under the International order of usury rules.
But no, Putin wanted it the hard way and now Russia serves the right to suffer………………………….LOL.
Idiot, the Americunts are in a bigger shithole and rank below most third world countries in quality of life and access to health care. Average Russia is still far better that the Americunt shithole.
US Ranks Among Worst Countries in the World to Live In: Expat Survey Cites Health Care, Gun violence, Education Costs, Social meltdown
The United States is now ranked among the world’s worst places to move to, due to rapidly increasing costs of living, health care and basic education. Very poor public safety in the violence plagued streets of America and rampant shootings in a gun culture also give it a very low ranking.
A new survey released this week of more than 20,000 expatriates representing 182 nationalities used five overall pillars of criteria, 48 separate factors and 17 subcategories to rank countries. Using a sample size of at least 75 survey participants per location, Quality of Life, Ease of Settling In, Working Abroad, Family Life, and Personal Finance were rated by expats from all over the globe.
The sixth annual report from Expat Insider found the U.S. ranked 47th out of 64 countries rated in the survey.
Top subcategory rankings included Vietnam, replacing Bahrain as the number one place to work abroad. Portugal, Spain and Taiwan remained the top 3 for countries with the highest quality of life. For the fourth year, Finland topped the list as the best place to move with a family.
Russia still ranks higher than the Americunt violent shithole in every global survey on access to health care, public safety, education and societal cohesion.