Gas Pipeline from Russia to South Korea: the Russian dimension
... system Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok which was commissioned in September 2011. According to Russian media, Alexey Miller, head of Gazprom, made it clear that Russia has done its job regarding infrastructural preparedness to launch the pipeline to South Korea [2] . Second, Russia realizes that it has to diversify its energy policy. So far, Russian energy export has primarily been focused on Europe which is in severe economic hardship. Consequently, prospects for cooperation are unclear. By contrast,...