On October 21 in Tehran, the Gas Exporting Countries' Forum (GECF)agreed to form a cartel. Russia, Iran, and Qatar announced that they intend to form a yet-unnamed group to "coordinate gas policy."The United States should create a global coalition of energyconsumers to oppose oil and gas cartels and to bring marketprinciples to the natural gas industry.
As Vladimir Putin’s political star rose, journalist Anatoly Levin-Utkin was a key researcher behind one of the Russian media’s first articles digging into the former KGB officer’s past. Then he was beaten to death.