Gas Transit in Eurasia: transit issues between Russia and the European Union and the role of the Energy Charter

摘要

1. Soviet/Russian gas supplies to Europe: contractual structure & its evolution2. Zones of new risks – within and outside EU - in gas value chain of Russian gas supplies to Europe3. New risks outside EU: relates to transformation of contractual structures and pricing mechanisms within FSU area to a market-based principles4. New risks within EU: relates to liberalization of EU internal market and EU expansion: a) Transit issues for Russian gas inside EU – and draft solutions within Energy Charter framework b) EU energy market: liberalization, competition and investment – implications for external suppliers & ECT5. Correlation between Transit Protocol finalization, ECT ratification by Russia and Russia-EU new Partnership Agreement.