Opinion
Edward Lucas: Russia is winning
I have been dealing with European security for more than thirty years, as an activist during the Cold War, as a journalist, and at think-tanks1. […]
Third Energy Package
Opinion
Opinion: Breaking free from Gazprom is of political and economic benefit
Russian intervention in Ukraine has refocused the attention on the traditional military and security challenges, but the factors that made it possible for today’s Russian attempts to revise the European security architecture should not be forgotten. Primarily, this was the result of the processes in the energy sector that go forward only because of reasoned calls of a part of intellectuals for Europe to stop funding of Vladimir Putin’s regime. […]
Energy
Lithuania’s gas security: Risks and opportunities
There is a long-held view that the Russian gas supply to Lithuania is unlikely to be cut-off because Lithuania serves as a gas transit state to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad. In other words, the same gas pipeline feeding Lithuania, also supplies the Russian enclave. According to this argument, Moscow would be hesitant to turn off the gas supply to Lithuania because it would result in an automatic cut in the gas supply to Kaliningrad. […]
Energy
PM Butkevičius: Gazprom’s exit means Lithuania first in Baltics to unbundle gas sector
Gazprom’s decision to sell its Lithuanian assets could be due to the German energy group E.ON’s exit and the EU Third Energy package requirements, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Tuesday, adding that the Russian group’s withdrawal means that Lithuania will be the first of the three Baltic countries to unbundle the gas sector. […]