Energy politics are critical in Russia’s long war on the West and Ukraine. Indeed, energy functions as a Swiss army knife for Moscow, cutting simultaneously in several directions. Energy provides the basis for the revenue stream that enables all government operations, comprises a ready source of constant corruption of European elites and institutions, and furnishes an unending source of leverage and corruption over European governments and politics.
Ukraine's Energy Challenge
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People walk past the headquarters of Gazprom during the the annual general meeting of the company's shareholders in Moscow on June 30, 2017.
