Russia's Energy Interests in Azerbaijan

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
About the author......Page 5
Executive Summary......Page 6
PART ONE: The 1990s and LUKoil......Page 10
1.1 Military defeats energy: Russian foreign policy in Azerbaijan in the early 1990s......Page 11
1.2 The beginning of Russian energy policy in Azerbaijan......Page 14
1.3 Energy cooperation takes priority: LUKoil’s expansion in Azerbaijan and the change of the Russian government’s attitude......Page 17
PART TWO: The 2000s and Putin’s ‘liberal empire’......Page 20
2.1 Putin’s election: the start of a new economic strategy towards Azerbaijan.......Page 21
2.2 Putin’s first visit to Baku and the expansion of LUKoil in Azerbaijan.......Page 25
2.3 LUKoil slows down: Itera, Gazprom and RAO-UES step in......Page 30
PART THREE: Russian energy policy in Azerbaijan: what next?......Page 48
Notes and references......Page 52
About the series: Russian foreign energy policy reports......Page 58