On July 1, 2019 Ukraine introduced a new liberalised electricity market model with the aim of enabling it to converge over time with the European Union. This was one of Ukraine’s international obligations, as a signatory of the Energy Community Treaty and the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. It was also a prerequisite for Ukraine’s ongoing negotiations with international financial institutions like the IMF.
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Andrian Prokip: The Trojan Horse of Russia-Ukraine electricity imports
The sun sets behind electrical power pylons of high-tension electricity power lines next ot the Electricite de France (EDF) thermal electricity procuction plant (coal and fuel) in Cordemais, western France, on Oct. 27, 2016.
