Georgia: Russian Foreign Energy Policy and Implications for Georgia's Energy Security (Russian Foreign Energy Policy)

Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
About the Author......Page 6
Executive Summary......Page 8
Gas supply contracts with Turkmenistan......Page 12
Destabilization in Azerbaijan: another reason for failed shipment of goods for Turkmen gas supplies between 1993 and 1994......Page 15
Currency shortage: another reason for non-payment of Turkmen gas supplies......Page 16
Terrorist acts against energy enterprises and pipelines......Page 17
Problems of Turkmen gas volumes and quality......Page 18
Results of Russia’s foreign and energy policy on Georgia......Page 19
Emergence of Itera as the exclusive supplier of Turkmen gas to Georgia......Page 24
Itera in Georgia’s gas distribution: from Interpac and Intergas to Itera Georgia......Page 26
Signs of corruption: the Georgian–Russian gas trade from 1996 to 2002......Page 28
1998–1999: crucial years for the trans-Caspian pipeline project and the privatization of Georgia’s energy industry......Page 30
Privatization of energy enterprises, 1998......Page 31
Repeated attempts to take over Georgian enterprises in 2002......Page 33
Terrorist acts, bombs and sabotage......Page 34
Drift towards Russia......Page 35
Results of Russia’s regional and energy policy from 1995 to 2002......Page 37
Georgia’s official position on Gazprom......Page 40
Interest group promoting Gazprom......Page 42
The new political leadership......Page 43
Attempted privatization of gas enterprises......Page 44
Gazprom’s attempt to privatize Georgia’s pipeline network: a geopolitical game with Iranian gas transit......Page 45
Georgia’s official stand vis-à-vis the Iranian Gas transit issue......Page 47
Results of Russia’s foreign and regional policy in 2002- 2005 on developments in Georgia......Page 48
Appendix 1. Georgia’s main gas pipelines......Page 50
Appendix 2. Gas consumption in Tbilgazi, capital city gas distribution company......Page 52
Appendix 3. Transit gas pipelines in the Caspian and Black Sea regions......Page 54
Notes and references......Page 56
About the series: Russian foreign energy policy reports......Page 60