WASHINGTON, May 18 (RIA Novosti's Arkady Orlov) - US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman will visit Russia next week to discuss the investment climate and conditions for foreign energy companies to work at the Russian market.
Mr. Bodman said this on Tuesday at the international energy conference in Washington. He underscored that he intended to discuss with the Russian authorities the possibilities of changing the now existing "juridical limits" in Russia for foreign companies.
Mr. Bodman also said that apart from Russia he intended to visit also Ukraine and Azerbaijan.