UKRAINE’S ENERGY POLICY IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA

Following the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine has found itself in a heavy, almost insurmountable dependence on imported oil and gas resources. However, owing to the inherited soviet infrastructure and strategic location, it has become a key transit state, capable of controlling the main flows of hydro...

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Autor principal:	Y. V. Borovsky
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN RU
Publicado:	MGIMO University Press 2016
Materias:	the russian-ukrainian energy relations the american-ukrainian energy relations the eu-ukrainian energy relations energy competition in the former soviet union oil and gas projects with the russian and ukrainian participation geopolitics of energy International relations JZ2-6530
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a8a5e42e00cd462e9db220a19cc897792021-11-23T14:51:02ZUKRAINE’S ENERGY POLICY IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA2071-81602541-909910.24833/2071-8160-2016-4-49-165-175https://doaj.org/article/a8a5e42e00cd462e9db220a19cc897792016-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/604https://doaj.org/toc/2071-8160https://doaj.org/toc/2541-9099Following the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine has found itself in a heavy, almost insurmountable dependence on imported oil and gas resources. However, owing to the inherited soviet infrastructure and strategic location, it has become a key transit state, capable of controlling the main flows of hydrocarbons from Russia to Europe. Due to these circumstances, a deep, politically motivated and often irreconcilable competition in the triangle Ukraine-Russia and the West has emerged. In the post-Soviet era the Ukrainian authorities, irrespective of their political affiliations, have tried to diversify the Russian oil and gas supplies either by securing deliveries from other sources or by enhancing production within the country. Opposing any Russian initiative aimed at diminishing the transit status of Ukraine (for example, Nord Stream-1,2, South Stream, etc.), Kiev has struggled to keep Ukraine's gas transportation system under the national control. In addition to this, many western energy companies have got invitation from Ukraine to start exploration and production operations in the country. Such a behavior of the Ukrainian leadership, incompatible to a large extent with the Russia interests, was unanimously supported by Washington and Brussels in the 1990s and afterwards. Ukraine, initially involved in the multilateral energy cooperation with the Russian participation, decided to change its camp and join the pro-Western international energy institutions: GUAM, the Energy Charter Treaty and the Energy community. With the backing of Washington and Brussels, Kiev initiated two projects (the Eurasian Oil Transport Corridor, White Stream) designed to secure oil and gas supplies from the Caspian region to Europe bypassing Russia.Y. V. BorovskyMGIMO University Pressarticlethe russian-ukrainian energy relationsthe american-ukrainian energy relationsthe eu-ukrainian energy relationsenergy competition in the former soviet unionoil and gas projects with the russian and ukrainian participationgeopolitics of energyInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENRUVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, Vol 0, Iss 4(49), Pp 165-175 (2016)
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topic	the russian-ukrainian energy relations the american-ukrainian energy relations the eu-ukrainian energy relations energy competition in the former soviet union oil and gas projects with the russian and ukrainian participation geopolitics of energy International relations JZ2-6530
spellingShingle	the russian-ukrainian energy relations the american-ukrainian energy relations the eu-ukrainian energy relations energy competition in the former soviet union oil and gas projects with the russian and ukrainian participation geopolitics of energy International relations JZ2-6530 Y. V. Borovsky UKRAINE’S ENERGY POLICY IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA
description	Following the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine has found itself in a heavy, almost insurmountable dependence on imported oil and gas resources. However, owing to the inherited soviet infrastructure and strategic location, it has become a key transit state, capable of controlling the main flows of hydrocarbons from Russia to Europe. Due to these circumstances, a deep, politically motivated and often irreconcilable competition in the triangle Ukraine-Russia and the West has emerged. In the post-Soviet era the Ukrainian authorities, irrespective of their political affiliations, have tried to diversify the Russian oil and gas supplies either by securing deliveries from other sources or by enhancing production within the country. Opposing any Russian initiative aimed at diminishing the transit status of Ukraine (for example, Nord Stream-1,2, South Stream, etc.), Kiev has struggled to keep Ukraine's gas transportation system under the national control. In addition to this, many western energy companies have got invitation from Ukraine to start exploration and production operations in the country. Such a behavior of the Ukrainian leadership, incompatible to a large extent with the Russia interests, was unanimously supported by Washington and Brussels in the 1990s and afterwards. Ukraine, initially involved in the multilateral energy cooperation with the Russian participation, decided to change its camp and join the pro-Western international energy institutions: GUAM, the Energy Charter Treaty and the Energy community. With the backing of Washington and Brussels, Kiev initiated two projects (the Eurasian Oil Transport Corridor, White Stream) designed to secure oil and gas supplies from the Caspian region to Europe bypassing Russia.
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UKRAINE’S ENERGY POLICY IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA

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