Financial edition Wall Street Journal has published article of Russian president Vladimir Putin "Energy Egotism Is a Road to Nowhere" on February 28.
The president tells about a necessity to create reliable and complex system of energy security.
The issue of energy security is declared the top priority by Russia - chairman of G8 sessions in 2006. Therefore, the article suggests Wall Street investors to join energy plan developed by Russian authorities.
The problem of energy security is discussed in article in the light of struggle against poverty - one of main goals of G8 and World Bank. Putin emphasizes that the goal of energy supply concerns not only several countries-consumers.
The Russian president introduces the term of "energy egoism" reminding that 2 milliard people have no access to electricity and energy deficit leads to slowing of economic growth rates in several regions.
This is not a first article written by Putin. In end of November, 2005 Russian president published article about Gerhard Schroeder in German journal ("Vorwaerts") and article about cooperation with countries of Asian-Pacific region in local mass media.