Baltic Independence and Russian Foreign Energy Policy

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
About the author......Page 6
1. Introduction......Page 8
2. An historical and political perspective......Page 10
Soviet rule......Page 11
Baltic independence......Page 12
Baltic–Russian relations......Page 13
EU integration and structural reforms......Page 14
Electricity......Page 16
Natural gas......Page 19
Oil......Page 21
The siloviki and the key decision-makers......Page 24
Background to Putin’s energy and foreign policy......Page 25
Energy as a foreign policy tool......Page 26
The Kremlin’s motives......Page 27
European energy security......Page 29
Russian dependency......Page 32
The energy security challenge......Page 33
Regional collaboration......Page 34
The nuclear option......Page 35
Co-generation schemes......Page 36
Encouraging EU–Russian cooperation......Page 37
7. Conclusion......Page 40
Notes and references......Page 42
About the series: Russian foreign energy policy reports......Page 46