The Russian Energy Policy: Between Efficiency and Geopolitical Desires

摘要

Russian energy policy can be roughly divided into the Russian geopolitics of energy and domestic energy policy. While domestic energy policy is determined by economic rationality and implemented in accordance with Russian economy development, Russia's geopolitics of energy is highly politicized and largely based on goals and personal preferences of the Russian government. To have some landmarks for making current energy policy decisions, the Russian government released its Energy Strategies, which provided the following information: 1. the main trends and forecasts of the socio-economic development in Russia; 2. the interactions between the economy and the national energy industry; 3. the prospects of demand for Russia's energy resources; and, 4. the forecast of the Russian energy industry development.