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Russia and Ukraine will not renew the gas transit agreement to Europe, which expires in 2024, because trade can continue under new rules. Leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov stated this on the radio “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. The presenter asked what would happen to the transit of Russian gas through...
Supplies of natural gas to China will not be able to replace the European market for Russia, despite the optimistic statements of Gazprom head Alexey Miller. Subject matter experts come to this conclusion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Let's remember: Miller said that in the near future, pipeline exports to China could reach the level of Russian gas supplies to Europe. Expert of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation Igor...
The decision of Niger, where a pro-Western president was overthrown, to suspend uranium supplies to France threatens the European Union with dire consequences. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this as stated by Member of the European Parliament from France Terry Mariani. “For France this will not be a big problem. Of course, Niger is a traditional uranium producer for Paris, but not only it - for example, supplies come from Kazakhstan, Australia and...
Ukrainian thermal power plants can still produce electricity, but Russian strikes have affected their ability to transmit it. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov, assessing the work of the Ukrainian energy system. “Power plants may continue to operate, but they can no longer transmit electricity. As a result, the single system is split into parts. Transmission becomes more difficult...
Germany's hasty construction of six terminals for receiving LNG will not help the country compensate for Russian gas in the near future. A leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund, an expert at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Yuri Yushkov, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is noted that all six terminals are capable of covering only about a third of Germany’s gas needs based on the country’s consumption...
Gazprom should not have signed the current gas supply contract with Moldova. Leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov stated this in an interview with the PolitWera YouTube channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It would have been more correct not to conclude this contract with Moldova at all in November last year. Not a single company in the world except Gazprom would sign it.…
The United States will soon achieve an end to the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine. Leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov stated this in an interview with the PolitWera YouTube channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Maybe it won’t even be us who close it, but the Americans, carrying out their strategy, which they started with Nord Stream, to completely cut off Europe from Russia, so that...
The goal of Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine is to create critical tension in the system, which will be accompanied by emergency shutdowns and blackouts. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, according to Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund, who noted that initially the attacks were aimed at fuel energy - gas and coal stations, as well as low-power substations of 110–330...
The attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure have led to Ukraine becoming an importer of electricity. An expert at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Igor Yushkov, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It is still absolutely unclear how many substations and other energy facilities have been disabled and how quickly they can be restored. But it is obvious that Ukraine is not an electricity exporter (Poland, Moldova, Romania...
It is quite possible that Russian gas pipelines damaged as a result of sabotage will not be restored. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov, answering the question of who will restore the damaged gas pipelines. “This should be done either by Gazprom or some other Russian structures - it is unlikely that foreign companies will participate in this. In place...
The decision on the participation of Japanese companies Mitsui and Mitsubishi in the Sakhalin-2 project will be made in the coming days. Georgy Karlov, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Sakhalin region, writes about this in his TG channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We'll see how the situation develops. In any case, Russia has much more freedom of maneuver here: Japan is already experiencing a shortage of electricity, and...
Strict restrictive measures of the West are pushing Russia not only to accelerate the process of import substitution and building a new economic model, but also to establish close cooperation with Asian countries. Leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund of the Russian Federation Igor Yushkov stated this on the YouTube channel “PolitWera”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. He explained that the leadership of the Russian Federation faces two important issues - development...
All volumes of Russian oil for March have already been contracted, there are no problems with its sale. Leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov stated this in an interview with the PolitWera YouTube channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Buying Russian oil is not prohibited. For now, with the current trade, the only thing that is prohibited is shipping it to the US. But take it out to any...
Belarus has become a hostage to Polish relations with Gazprom and is suffering economic losses. Leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov stated this in an interview with Sputnik Belarus radio station, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Belarus is becoming a hostage to Polish relations with Gazprom.” The fact is that in 2020, a long-term agreement on gas transit through Poland via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline ended.…
