Iran has offered Russia to create the joint organization on cooperation in gas sphere. This informatiion was announced by the Iran’s President Ayatollah Khamenei at the meeting with the Secretary of Secutiry council of the Russian Federation Igor Ivanov in Teheran.

Ayatollah has noted that Russia and Iran are in the lead on stocks of gas and this should promote creation of the organization similar to the OPEC. He also has expressed a hope for the further development of cooperation with Russia in various spheres of economy and policy.

The opportunity of creation of MANNGO was counted by economic experts of NATO who have informed on imminent danger. The report of experts has been published in November, 2006 and then the theme “gas ОPEC” became very popular. Thus Russia which, if to trust the report, is suspected of organization of the MANNGO, denies preparation of gas cartel. However, in the West doesn’t trust the Kremlin officials and is properly looking for any factors of MANNGO’s formation. Despite of all objections of Russian authorities for disinterest in a gas alliance it is impossible to deny an opportunity of the establishment of the MANNGO. Honestly speaking, Russia would only win from new “gas OPEC”. Even the bilateral union with Iran will allow speaking about gas cartel: in total, two the countries have more than 40 % of all world reserves of gas. This union will allow influencing the world prices for blue fuel that would attract other exporters and involve them in the gas union. The policy of Gazprom that for a long time declares the necessity of formation of the “fair” price for gas also speaks in favor of MANNGO. The experiment on creation of a platform for sale of gas on free prices with use of exchange technologies, which has received the name “5+5″ is being held by Russia for a long time. The gas stock exchange can become the same tool for MANNGO, as oil stock exchanges for OPEC. As the experiment has already shown, the “fair” price for gas will be above, than it is established now.

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