Title: Energy policy of Russia - Wikipedia
Headings: Energy policy of Russia
Energy policy of Russia
Contents
Energy Strategy
Natural gas
Oil
Electricity
Climate change
Renewable energy
Russia and OPEC
Energy usage
Energy in foreign policy
Energy disputes
Azerbaijan and Armenia
Belarus
Czech Republic
Georgia
Lithuania
Poland
Ukraine
EU-Russia Energy Dialogue
Ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty
Controversies
Corruption
Oil-for-Food Programme
OPEC temporarily lowering the price of oil
See also
Footnotes
References
External links

Content: As percentages of the world's total reserves, Russia holds 54% of the gas, 46% of the coal, 14% of the uranium, and 13% of the oil. Russian oil production and export had increased significantly since 2000, and in 2006 temporarily exceeded Saudi Arabia's production. Since 2016, Russia is the top crude oil producer. Russia is also the world's largest energy producer. Russia is not a member of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) and presents itself as an alternative to Middle Eastern energy resources, asserting that it is in fact a "reliable energy supplier and that it only seeks to use its position as an important supplier to enhance global energy security". The Russian economy is heavily dependent on the export of natural resources such as oil and natural gas, and Russia has used these resources to its political advantage. Meanwhile, the US and other Western countries have worked to lessen the dependency of Europe on Russia and its resources. Starting in the mid-2000s, Russia and Ukraine had several disputes in which Russia threatened to cut off the supply of gas. As a great deal of Russia's gas is exported to Europe through the pipelines crossing Ukraine, those disputes affected several other European countries. Under Putin, special efforts were made to gain control over the European energy sector.