POLITICS AND ENERGY: RISKS AND DECISIONS

Abstract

Currently, within the framework of the use of fossil fuels for energy development, there are a number of conflicts of a regional and even global scale. These include contradictions in the receipt and use of gas from Russia by the EU countries. Starting with the announcement and expansion of the sanctions policy of Brussels against Moscow, as alleged measures of pressure on Russia in response to its military actions in Ukraine, they gradually moved into the area of the economy and energy security of the EU countries. The emergence of risks of confrontation led to a virtual change in the vector of areas of cooperation: from Western European countries to Eastern, Asian countries. However, in general the decision the problems of cooperation between countries on the use of fossil fuels have not moved from the field of political reasoning to the plane of practical expedient solutions, with the exception of some contracts with a number of countries on the Asian continent.