Simon Pirani

*  Researcher and journalist focused on Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
*  Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
*  Specialisms include oil and gas, other commodities, and financial markets
 
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*  I write for specialist publications including:
*  Euromoney
*  Emerging Markets
*  Trade Finance
*  Project Finance
*  Metal Bulletin
*  Gas Matters newsletter

*  SEPTEMBER 2008: CPJ ASKS RUSSIA TO ALLOW JOURNALISTS ENTRY
 
*  JULY 2007: BBC STANDARDS, THE QUEEN AND THE MINERS
 
 
 
 

Ukrainian and Russian gas

*  The Russo-Ukrainian gas dispute of January 2009. Russian Analytical Digest no. 53, downloadable from here.

*  Published in February 2009: Russian and CIS Gas Markets and Their Impact on Europe. More information here.

*  $400/mcm for Ukraine’s gas, says Gazprom. But it’s unlikely – Gas Matters, September 2008

*  Russian domestic gas is becoming a market – Gas Matters, October 2007

*   Ukraine's gas sector (PDF)  – Oxford Institute for Energy Studies research paper, July 2007

For samples of my articles on business and finance, click on these links:

*  Medvedev the moderniser – Emerging Markets, May 2008

*  The going gets tough in Kiev – Institutional Investor, April 2008

*  Deals, deals at any price – Project Finance, December 2007

*  Can the Kremlin’s oil company go to the very top? – Energy Focus, August 2007

*  At last, Russia starts investing – Emerging Markets, 18 May 2007

*  Banking sector struggles to cope – Emerging Markets, 18 May 2007

For more articles, see the archive.

Last updated January 2009.