... structurally complementary. And it is not that we have nothing better to do than build pipelines that – despite resistance from some 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, especially in the North-West of Russia – with Finland, Sweden, Poland and the Baltic countries. This is even financially ...
... that demand for electricity on weekdays will be more like demand for electricity on weekends as people stay at home. But what does that mean for the sector?
Former Siemens representative in Russia Dietrich Moeller believes that a slowdown in the global economy and a decrease in the electricity consumption especially in the industrial production, cannot be easily compensated by an insignificant increase in private consumption on a global scale. He is confident that energy companies will face lower electricity prices. Thus, a lower turnover.
Steven Griffiths (Vice President for Research and Development, Khalifa University of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi), suggests that declining demand will change the distribution ...
... strategic partnership. The annual summits that has been taking place since 2000 have helped in making an overall assessment on the wide-ranging aspects of political and strategic cooperation, military and security cooperation, cooperation in the spheres of economy, energy, industry, science and technology, etc.[
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] The 19th summit was held in New Delhi on October 2018 where the two leaders, Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin took stock of the bilateral relationship and ...
... areas.
3. The Russian economy is recovering. Vladimir Putin singled out economic growth and the development of an innovative economy as the priority areas of Russia’s domestic policy for his fourth term as President. Russia’s economic and political ... ... investment between the two countries will play an increasingly important role in bilateral economic cooperation.
5. China’s energy requirements are growing, and natural gas imports are in particular demand. At the same time, Russia’s share of the European ...
... Normandy format process, including its top political level. The pause in the Minsk process has been too long, and there is a growing danger that we will lose the only legitimate mechanism of managing the crisis in and around Ukraine.
2. Come up with a new energy plan for Europe.
Recently the European energy agenda almost completely degenerated to battles about the fate of North Stream-2. However, this agenda should be much broader. It could include exploring potential energy cooperation between EU and ...
... issues areas is also important for another reason: to help stabilize the relationship and buffer against conflict in the future. The analyses that follow examine prospects for Russia-U.S. cooperation in several crucial regions and fields: economics, energy, the Arctic, Euro-Atlantic security, the Middle East, strategic stability, cybersecurity, and countering terrorism and extremism. The report offer concrete, actionable recommendations in each area.
Contributors
: Heather A. Conley, William Courtney,...
... Obama’s focus on climate change, effectively removing one area where the United States and Russia have cooperated extensively in the past. Not least, U.S. sanctions have specifically targeted Russia’s oil and gas sectors, critical to the Russian economy; as a result, energy cooperation was one of the first victims of an overall decline in relations. Ongoing geopolitical tensions are likely to prohibit strategic, high-level engagement on energy, but cooperation remains possible—and crucial to both countries and the ...
... become one of the first steps towards normalization of relations between the two countries. Russia, like Turkey, needs to diversify its natural gas transit routes – the former to ensure stable exports to European markets and the latter to achieve energy security.
Gazprom.ru
Igbal Guliyev:
Pipe Dreams: Russia at the Gas Flows’
Crossroads
Investments.
As Russia’s economy grew rapidly from the early 2000s, Turkey was one of the places Russian capital sought to tap. A breakthrough in investment cooperation took place over the past ten years. Foreign direct investment went both into manufacturing (metals, energy,...
... to note that
80% of Ukraine’s natural gas output is extracted in Poltava and Kharkov regions
. Only the peaceful resolution of internal tensions, taking into account the interests of all regions and parties, will help to revive Ukraine’s economy and its energy sector.
The new fiscal regime clearly favors the license–holder of the large fields (e.g. Naftogaz) over smaller private enterprises and risks undermining both the growth of “independents” and the liberalization of Ukraine’s ...
... economic development gained ground.
It is now becoming increasingly clear that the conclusions drawn about natural resources’ secondary role were somewhat hasty. There is every reason to believe that in the 21st century their role in the world economy and international political processes will only increase. This is due to structural changes in the energy markets, growing scarcity of certain types of renewable resources, and worsening environmental problems.
Breakthroughs in the production of new types of hydrocarbons (from tar sands to shale gas) and the rapid development of renewable energy technologies ...
