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: 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. Russian influence played a major role in canceling the construction of the Nabucco pipeline, which would have supplied natural gas from Azerbaijan, in favor of South Stream (though South Stream itself was also later canceled). Russia has also sought to create a Eurasian Economic Union consisting of itself and other post-Soviet countries. Contents
1 Energy Strategy
2 Natural gas
3 Oil
4 Electricity
5 Climate change
6 Renewable energy
7 Russia and OPEC
8 Energy usage
9 Energy in foreign policy
9.1 Energy disputes
9.1.1 Azerbaijan and Armenia
9.1.2 Belarus
9.1.3 Czech Republic
9.1.4 Georgia
9.1.5 Lithuania
9.1.6 Poland
9.1.7 Ukraine
9.2 EU-Russia Energy Dialogue
9.3 Ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty
10 Controversies
10.1 Corruption
10.2 Oil-for-Food Programme
10.3 OPEC temporarily lowering the price of oil
11 See also
12 Footnotes
13 References
14 External links
Energy Strategy
See also: Energy policy of the Soviet Union
The economy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was based on a system of state ownership of the means of production, collective farming, industrial manufacturing and centralized administrative planning. The economy was characterized by state control of investment, and public ownership of industrial assets.