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Russian Energy Politics in the Baltics, Poland and Ukraine: A New Stealth Imperialism? Preface Executive Summary 1. The Setting Russian-Eastern European Relations Following the Breakup of the USSR Russia's Continued Quest for Empire 2. Energy Dependency and Political Independence Pipelines Replace Red Lines Political Implications 3. Power and the Energy Colossus Importance of the Energy Sector in Russia's Economy Power Projection in the Neighborhood 4. The Opaque Relationship between Government and Energy Companies in Russia Profit Maximization Challenged by State Policy Russia and Iraq Privatization vs. Pseudo-Privatization of Russian Energy Companies Khodorkovsky and the Fall of Yukos Role of the Siloviki (Intelligence officers) in the Russian Energy Industry 5. Price of Small Country Energy Dependency Supply Dependency Russian Control of Energy Infrastructure Russian Ties with Former Nomenklatura Money, Energy, and Politics 6. Russian Play of the "Energy Card" The "Game" in the Five Countries Lithuania: LUKoil and Williams Latvia: The Saga of Ventspils Ukraine: Siloviki and Oligarchs Poland: The Dangers of Privatization Odessa-Brody Pipeline: Part of the "Great Game" Electricity: The "Liberal Empire" 7. Western Companies and Russian Monopolies 8. EU Reaction and Support for Alternative Energy Sources in Central Europe The European Union Nuclear Power Natural Gas 9. In Pursuit of Energy Security Transparency and Corruption Government Pricing Policies Other Nontechnical Solutions Baltic Technical Cooperation Storage and Redundancy The Politics of Alternatives 10. The U.S. Policy Response Policy Constraints Recommended Actions by the United States 11. Conclusions Appendix A: Tables and Charts Appendix B. Maps
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Energy policy -- Russia (Federation).
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign economic relations -- Baltic States.
Baltic States -- Foreign economic relations -- Russia (Federation).
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign economic relations -- Poland.
Poland -- Foreign economic relations -- Russia (Federation).
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign economic relations -- Ukraine.
Ukraine -- Foreign economic relations -- Russia (Federation).
Imperialism.