able ▁to ▁E AD S ▁in ▁Europe . ▁ ▁A ▁program ▁was ▁introduced ▁with ▁the ▁aim ▁of ▁increasing ▁Russia ' s ▁share ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁energy ▁market ▁by ▁building ▁sub mer ged ▁gas ▁pip elines ▁by pass ing ▁Ukraine ▁and ▁other ▁countries ▁which ▁were ▁often ▁seen ▁as ▁non - re li able ▁trans it ▁partners ▁by ▁Russia , ▁especially ▁following ▁the ▁Russia - U k raine ▁gas ▁disput es ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 0 s . ▁Russia ▁also ▁und erm ined ▁the ▁rival ▁N ab u cco ▁pipeline ▁project ▁by ▁bu ying ▁gas ▁from ▁Turk men istan ▁and ▁redirect ing ▁it ▁into ▁Russian ▁pip elines . ▁ ▁Russia ▁divers ified ▁its ▁export ▁mark ets ▁by ▁building ▁the ▁Trans - S iber ian ▁oil ▁pipeline ▁to ▁support ▁oil ▁exports ▁to ▁China , ▁Japan ▁and ▁Korea , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Sak hal in – K hab ar ov sk – V lad iv ost ok ▁gas ▁pipeline ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁Far ▁East . ▁Russia ▁has ▁also ▁recently ▁built ▁several ▁major ▁oil ▁and ▁gas ▁ref iner ies , ▁plants ▁and ▁ports . ▁Major ▁hyd rop ower ▁plants ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁B ure ya ▁Dam ▁and ▁the ▁Bog uch any ▁Dam ▁have ▁been ▁constructed , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁rest oration ▁of ▁the ▁nuclear ▁industry ▁of ▁Russia , ▁with ▁ 1   tr ill ion ▁rub les ▁($ 4 2 . 7   b ill ion ) ▁which ▁were ▁allocated ▁from ▁the ▁federal ▁budget ▁to ▁nuclear ▁power ▁and ▁industry ▁development ▁before ▁ 2