... country were further toughened. It is absurd.
Why is it? Russia has been clearly identified as a destabilising factor in Eastern Ukraine.
The EU should have better considered Russia as a rescuer of Donbass – from Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and neo-Nazis.... ... EU countries – bring gas to Europe.
Russia makes a lot of money out of it.
The main thing is that we strengthen Europe’s energy security. Another example: despite EU’s unilateral measures against Russia, we have long-established cross-border cooperation,...
... Russia’s elites failed to understand the changing mood in Germany and kept hoping for the continuing “Schröderizaton” of its Russia policy, an approach based on the 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 leaders. Russia’s leaders did not understand that Merkel’s support for sanctions and clear defence of the sovereignty of Ukraine not only reflected her personal views but also that German decision makers have a completely different understanding than Russia’s about the future of the European security order and the role of international law and agreements in the international ...
... undermine the prospects for domestic natural gas production.
Part of Ukraine’s deficit was due to mismanagement of production and gas flows.
Energy efficiency is another area where Ukraine is lagging behind both its eastern and western neighbors. Ukraine's energy-saving potential could be as much as 40% - 50% of its current energy consumption. According to the World Energy Council, energy consumption within Ukraine's GDP reached 0.47 million British thermal units (Btu) last year, three and a half times ...
... negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in contrast to 2006 and 2009, when the Europeans deliberately avoided any kind of participation in such processes. But nowadays they appear to be seriously worried about their own continuous gas supply during winter.
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Yuri Borovsky:
Can Russia–EU–Ukraine Negotiations on Gas
Be Saved?
The deeper they get involved in the details of the Russia-Ukraine dialogue, the clearer they perceive Kiev's attitudes and negotiating capacity. Of principal importance for Moscow are not just the agreements per se,...
... basis. Everything that has been achieved by Moscow and Brussels since 2000 as part of the Energy Dialogue has now essentially been frozen. The previous regular cooperation between the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine has ceased.
How great is the damage caused by the halting of Russian gas supplies?
The damage caused by the halting of Russian gas supplies will be significant for all sides. Around 70 billion cubic metres of gas per year is currently transported ...
... grow even more thanks to the quest for the Arctic. Second, diversification is still a dream for the EU. Energy companies from the old continent look more to their private incomes and national needs than to the overall EU project. Finally, the crisis in Ukraine has not been worth a crisis in the energy market yet, i.e. political tensions do not always imply economic ones. Despite their active actions in Ukraine, western policymakers don’t want to mess up major economic and strategic interests such as energy. The undetectability and incostistency ...
... of the moderate candidates: avoid military confrontations, issue sanctions, strengthen diplomacy. They focused especially on energy, a green strong point. They promised, if elected, to exploit the use of renewable resources, diminishing the role oil fossil ... ... proposals still missed specific projects of reform and they failed to show clear differences one from another, not only about Ukraine but also about other topics. At least, they targeted some areas where the Commission’s intervention is essential....
... economic situation in Ukraine, the probability of a transit crisis during winter is high. The future of Ukraine’s gas transportation system depends entirely on whether the South Stream Gas Pipeline Project is implemented or not. As for the other energy assets of Ukraine (oil refineries, coal mines, the power industry, etc.), their economic attractiveness, frankly speaking, is not great enough for investors to start queuing up. Therefore, Russian investors (LUKOIL, Rosneft, etc.) are unlikely to face a rash of ...
