MOSCOW, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- China's Premier Wen Jiabao, visiting Moscow Tuesday, signed an agreement calling for the construction of an oil pipeline to China as part of the prospective Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline.

MOSCOW, July 24 (UPI) -- Many analysts expected Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who visited Moscow on July 22, to sign new agreements in military-technical cooperation, but this did not happen.

MOSCOW, July 11 (UPI) -- On July 8 Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller reported his company's plans to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. He spoke about a steady, long-term growth of gas prices for all consumers, be they in Western Europe, next-door neighbors or at home.

MOSCOW, July 1 (UPI) -- It was announced on June 20 that Russian Prime Minister and former President Vladimir Putin had signed a resolution transferring Russia's only authorized arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, to Russian Technologies Corp.

MOSCOW, May 30 (UPI) -- Russian electricity holding RAO UES, which will be liquidated on July 1, 2008, held its last general shareholder meeting on May 28.

MOSCOW, May 19 (UPI) -- On May 14 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the construction of the second stage of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS-2), an offshoot of the Druzhba pipeline built in Soviet times to pump oil to Europe through Belarus and terminals in the Baltic countries.

MOSCOW, March 19 (UPI) -- A long gas squabble ended with Gazprom's recognition of Ukraine's main demands.

MOSCOW, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- Russian energy majors Gazprom and Suek said Feb. 26 they had agreed on the main terms for merging their power and coal assets. The merger will create a $16 billion holding company, Russia's largest so far. The controlling stake (50 percent plus one share) will be held by Gazprom.

MOSCOW, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Russia and Serbia are to finalize their oil and gas cooperation Friday, signing an international agreement on the sale of Serbian state-owned oil-refining monopoly Naftna Industrija Srbije to Russia's Gazprom and the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline across Serbia.