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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

Eastern Europe and Russia European Union Ukraine

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Bio author: Natalia Shapovalova

Natalia Shapovalova is a researcher in the International Centre for Policy Studies in Kyiv and a visiting fellow with the Democratisation Programme at FRIDE.