The Paradox of Russian Gas Sanctions

Moscow and Brussels overestimated their ability to quit each other.

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More than two years after the introduction of sanctions meant to curb Russia’s hydrocarbons revenue, Europe is still buying significant amounts of Russian natural gas. In fact, the volume of Russian supplies increased this year, reaching 14.6 billion cubic meters from January to June. In May alone, the European Union upped its gas purchases from […]

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Ekaterina Zolotova
Ekaterina Zolotova is an analyst for Geopolitical Futures. Prior to Geopolitical Futures, Ms. Zolotova participated in several research projects devoted to problems and prospects of Russia’s integration into the world economy. Ms. Zolotova has a specialist degree in international economic relations from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. In addition, Ms. Zolotova studied international trade and international integration processes. Her thesis was on features of economic development of Venezuela. She speaks native Russian and is fluent in English.