Russia Direct: Here’s what to expect from Russia’s energy sector in 2014

The New Year was greeted with trepidation by some countries in Eastern Europe. Early January could have been a portent of energy problems for the region due to the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian gas price dispute. However, as it turned out, this year even the acute political crisis in Ukraine did not hinder supplies of Russian gas to Europe.

Moscow took into account its past negative experience of wrangling with Kiev and secured all necessary arrangements in line with its active policy in recent years of improving global energy security.

What else was achieved within the framework of this new energy policy last year? More importantly, what is in the cards for 2014?  MORE