... lines. In reality, the project is one of the primary areas in Russia’s fight against the United States. Washington has been ... ... State created the post of United States Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy (in the Caspian region), originally occupied by Clayland ... ... Package to include maritime parts of gas pipelines running into the European Union. The new rules would mean that Gazprom would only ... ... the contract in light of the U.S. ban. In any case, the American sanctions against Nord Stream 2 will be a blow not only to Russia,...
Germany and Russia have to accept that they have different interests but also that they cannot ignore ... ... on compromise, as well as constant talk about cooperation and a gradual lifting of sanctions. The gap between opposing interests and the difference in political cultures... ... idea that relations should be guided by big infrastructure projects like Nord Stream, energy and economic cooperation for mutual benefits, and the personal relationship between...
... Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), economic activity by Western companies in Russia appears to have been reinforced. Among the attendees of the event, major European... ... Europe regarding Russia, despite the fact that EU foreign ministers unanimously extended sanctions against Russia through January 2016. But that level of coherence is even less... ... domestic companies to secure advantageous positions on the Russian market.
To this end, energy companies, including BP and Shell, have received consent from the British and...
RIAC experts' comments
The crisis in Ukraine definitively marks a new stage in Russia-EU relations. What type of changes in the approaches of key EU countries towards ... ... Russia are on the horizon as well as what are the prospects for further developing the energy dialogue between Moscow and Brussels? We discussed the situation with Elena Ananyeva... ... in Berlin and the other countries are obvious since businesses do not want harsher sanctions and even the population does not desire an aggravation of relations with Russia...
... Middle East, which was then the most unstable region in terms of energy geopolitics (“oil shocks” and so forth). In ... ... early 2000s, Europe closed its eyes to its energy dependence on Russia, expecting the country to become a kind of second Norway,... ... Therefore, I would rate the probability of direct, formalized trade sanctions by the EU on Russian energy resources exports as extremely ... ... against 119.6 billion m3 in 2008), bypassing the latter.
Today the European Union is facing an unconventional choice. The first option ...