https://www.scmp.com/rss/523467/feed The latest news and top stories on Gazprom. A major Russian energy company headquartered in Saint Petersburg, Gazprom is a vertically integrated global leader in natural gas. It specialises in exploration, production, transport and sale of natural gas, oil and power generation. Holding the world’s largest gas reserves, Gazprom primarily serves Russian domestic consumers and is significantly expanding its focus on Asian markets, particularly China. A notable achievement includes the confirmed... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Kandy Wong Kandy Wong China has included two pipelines transporting natural gas from Russia in the draft of its new five-year plan, raising market debate on whether the Power of Siberia 2 – a closely watched project viewed as symbolic of bilateral relations – could be on the fast track for construction. Along with language on two other pipelines, the draft said China would “advance preparatory work for the central route of the China-Russia natural gas pipeline” in the next five years, which some market observers... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3345920/more-gas-russia-china-flags-new-pipeline-links-amid-iran-energy-crisis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3345920/more-gas-russia-china-flags-new-pipeline-links-amid-iran-energy-crisis?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:01:15 +0000 Reuters Reuters Russia could halt gas supplies to Europe right now amid a spike in energy prices triggered by the Iran crisis, President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday, linking the possible decision to the European Union wanting to ban purchases of Russian gas and liquefied natural gas. Oil and gas prices have soared following the ‌US and Israeli attack on Iran and Tehran’s strikes on Gulf Arab neighbours. The conflict has paralysed shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and forced the shutdown of Qatar’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3345484/russia-may-halt-gas-supplies-europe-amid-iran-energy-spike-putin-warns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3345484/russia-may-halt-gas-supplies-europe-amid-iran-energy-spike-putin-warns?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:44:53 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Saturday that he was sending a business delegation to Russia in the coming days in preparation for the end of the Ukraine war. Orban addressed Budapest’s foreign relations with Moscow and also Washington at an exclusive rally in the central city of Kecskemet, ahead of legislative elections in the spring. The delegation’s mission would focus on economic cooperation, particularly in a post-war landscape that could see Russia not cut out from the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3335484/hungarys-orban-send-team-russia-expecting-end-ukraine-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3335484/hungarys-orban-send-team-russia-expecting-end-ukraine-war?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:40:52 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to give up swathes of territory to Russia during a tense meeting on Friday that left the Ukrainian delegation disappointed, according to two people briefed on the discussion. Trump also declined to provide Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine’s use, and mused about giving security guarantees to both Kyiv and Moscow, comments that the Ukrainian delegation found confusing, added the two sources, who requested anonymity to discuss a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3329596/trump-urged-zelensky-cut-deal-putin-or-risk-facing-destruction?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3329596/trump-urged-zelensky-cut-deal-putin-or-risk-facing-destruction?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:05:13 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Poland is drawing on Ukraine’s expertise in battle-tested drone warfare, establishing joint military training programmes and manufacturing projects, officials from Warsaw and Kyiv announced on Thursday, just over a week after Russian drones entered Polish airspace and exposed Nato’s vulnerability to a new generation of uncrewed systems. Drones used for defence and attack have taken a central battlefield role in the more than three years since Russia invaded Ukraine, transforming how wars are... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3326032/warsaw-turns-kyiv-drone-warfare-after-russian-drones-enter-polish-airspace?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3326032/warsaw-turns-kyiv-drone-warfare-after-russian-drones-enter-polish-airspace?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:21:12 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial The high-profile gathering of President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the massive military parade in Beijing came with some high-stakes deals. Russian gas giant Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation – both state-owned – have signed a legally binding memorandum to build a second gas pipeline, the 2,600km Power of Siberia 2, linking the two countries. Few things draw countries closer than extended pipelines. Beijing will also let Gazprom raise supplies via the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3325668/china-russia-gas-pipeline-deal-must-make-commercial-geopolitical-sense?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3325668/china-russia-gas-pipeline-deal-must-make-commercial-geopolitical-sense?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:15:12 +0000 C. Uday Bhaskar C. Uday Bhaskar The two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit that concluded in Tianjin on September 1 was a significant diplomatic triumph for President Xi Jinping and Beijing. The forum sought to burnish China’s geopolitical profile as a reliable interlocutor and an alternative voice for stability in global governance. SCO summits tend to be low-key and do not garner much notice. This time, though, China used the opportunity to signal it had arrived at the global high table at a time when US... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3324348/summit-full-symbolism-china-lays-out-vision-multipolar-order?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3324348/summit-full-symbolism-china-lays-out-vision-multipolar-order?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Sep 2025 01:30:08 +0000 Ralph Jennings,Xinyi Wu Ralph Jennings,Xinyi Wu Despite a slowdown in automotive shipments from China to Russia, there is room for them to advance trade settled in yuan and roubles as both countries continue to be pressured away from the US market, analysts said on Tuesday during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the world’s second-largest economy. Russians want consumer goods, personal electronics and common machinery that are difficult to import from the West because of trade sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3324077/despite-dip-chinas-exports-russia-new-deals-show-room-grow-amid-us-pressure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3324077/despite-dip-chinas-exports-russia-new-deals-show-room-grow-amid-us-pressure?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:00:09 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma China agreed to build a new gas pipeline with Russia, and signed a 30-year supply deal, giving the country cheap and secure energy supplies in return for boosting its sanctions-hit neighbour’s economy. The Power of Siberia 2 pipeline will be capable of delivering 50 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas per year from western Siberia to China’s Xinjiang region via Mongolia, Gazprom head Alexei Miller told Russian media, according to Reuters. Few other details were released about the 2,600-kilometre... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3324048/russia-wins-china-gas-deal-trump-fails-divide-no-limits-partners?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3324048/russia-wins-china-gas-deal-trump-fails-divide-no-limits-partners?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:01:17 +0000