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Ukraine: lynchpin for european energy security
01/08/2008 By Natalia Shapovalova
A 2006 dispute between Russia and Ukraine over gas prices cast a sobering shadow over EU energy security and galvanised new European energy initiatives. Energy-related tension between Russia and Ukraine has continued since that time with periodic flare-ups.
This Backgrounder highlights the importance of Ukraine to EU energy security and explains how Ukraine’s complex internal energy politics and equally complex relationship with Russia affect European interests.
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Keywords
European Union UkraineRelated publications
- Europe and Russia, Beyond Energy
- Europe's energy policy: economics, ethics, geopolitics
- Europe's external energy policy: between geopolitics and the market
- European Energy Security: balancing Priorities
Bio author: Natalia Shapovalova
Ukraine. Eastern Partnership. EU enlargement. Russia. Caucasus.
