The Kremlin has described US Vice President Dick Cheney's tough condemnation of Russia on Thursday as "completely incomprehensible". Mr Cheney made his comments in a speech in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. He accused the Russian government was using oil and gas as tools of intimidation or blackmail...
Mr Cheney was on Friday in Kazakhstan promoting a new gas pipeline route that will by-pass Russia. The scramble for energy resources, so-called "pipeline diplomacy", has been likened to "the Great Game" during the 19th Century - the struggle for influence in Central Asia...
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