North-West Russia as a gateway in Russian energy geopolitics
This paper examines Russian energy development and plans and their geopolitical implications around the turn of the new millennium. Argumentation is founded on the interpretation of the impacts of stakeholders’ interests on geopolitics under new societal conditions and the legacy of past energy prod...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/3751 2023-05-15T17:40:31+02:00 North-West Russia as a gateway in Russian energy geopolitics Tykkyläinen, Markku 2003-02-01 application/pdf https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3751 eng eng Geographical Society of Finland https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3751/3542 https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3751 Copyright (c) 2014 Fennia Fennia; Vol 181 Nro 2 (2003); 145-177 Fennia - International Journal of Geography; Vol 181 No 2 (2003); 145-177 1798-5617 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2003 fttsvojs 2020-09-30T22:46:00Z This paper examines Russian energy development and plans and their geopolitical implications around the turn of the new millennium. Argumentation is founded on the interpretation of the impacts of stakeholders’ interests on geopolitics under new societal conditions and the legacy of past energy production and logistics. Empirical evidence consists of material from the projects of Russian companies and the plans and politics of the Russian Government for developing the energy sector.The redefined borders and the geographical shifts of energy production have brought about the orientation of Russia’s energy development and interests towards the north. The former empire’s parts bordering on Russia in the west, Belarus and first of all Ukraine, have become problematic due to transit payment conflicts. Consequently, Russian companies develop ports in North-West Russia as well as plan the construction of new oil and gas pipelines through the Baltic Sea Region. On the other hand, the northern location of the infrastructure plans is a geographical necessity, in the way that new oil and gas deposits lie in northern high-latitude zones. Energy stakeholders’ market-oriented interests greatly influence the country’s economic orientation to the advanced economies and the global economy. Thus, Russia’s new energy geopolitics means economic integration and networking with partners (companies, nations and economic areas) that are able to co-operate successfully inthe economic sector. In all, the energy projects and plans in Russia are derived from these restructured, pragmatic and market-led economic interests, which have led to the growing significance of gateways in North-West Russia. Article in Journal/Newspaper North-West Russia Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online |
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This paper examines Russian energy development and plans and their geopolitical implications around the turn of the new millennium. Argumentation is founded on the interpretation of the impacts of stakeholders’ interests on geopolitics under new societal conditions and the legacy of past energy production and logistics. Empirical evidence consists of material from the projects of Russian companies and the plans and politics of the Russian Government for developing the energy sector.The redefined borders and the geographical shifts of energy production have brought about the orientation of Russia’s energy development and interests towards the north. The former empire’s parts bordering on Russia in the west, Belarus and first of all Ukraine, have become problematic due to transit payment conflicts. Consequently, Russian companies develop ports in North-West Russia as well as plan the construction of new oil and gas pipelines through the Baltic Sea Region. On the other hand, the northern location of the infrastructure plans is a geographical necessity, in the way that new oil and gas deposits lie in northern high-latitude zones. Energy stakeholders’ market-oriented interests greatly influence the country’s economic orientation to the advanced economies and the global economy. Thus, Russia’s new energy geopolitics means economic integration and networking with partners (companies, nations and economic areas) that are able to co-operate successfully inthe economic sector. In all, the energy projects and plans in Russia are derived from these restructured, pragmatic and market-led economic interests, which have led to the growing significance of gateways in North-West Russia. |
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North-West Russia as a gateway in Russian energy geopolitics |
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North-West Russia as a gateway in Russian energy geopolitics |
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North-West Russia as a gateway in Russian energy geopolitics |
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North-West Russia as a gateway in Russian energy geopolitics |
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North-West Russia as a gateway in Russian energy geopolitics |
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north-west russia as a gateway in russian energy geopolitics |
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Geographical Society of Finland |
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Fennia; Vol 181 Nro 2 (2003); 145-177 Fennia - International Journal of Geography; Vol 181 No 2 (2003); 145-177 1798-5617 |
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