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The Ukraine war and the geopolitics of Russian gas

Defensor Legis 1,5/2022 s. 347–355
28.4.2022
Asiantuntija-artikkeli

With the Russian invasion of the Ukraine the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project was shut down with almost immediate effect. Given that the project had been held as a proxy to the crucial EU-Russia-Ukraine gas transportation nexus and the geopolitics between the west and Russia more generally, this did not come as a surprise. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline project represents a relevant and contemporaneous illustration on how broader geopolitical misgivings were translated into politically driven actions against a single commercial project by state actors.

This article focuses less on the Russian invasion of the Ukraine in 2022, but primarily the geopolitics of Russian gas in the European sphere.

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• Energia - Kansainvälinen kauppa - Sota - Ukraina - Venäjä