President Vladimir Putin listens to Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller during a face-to-face meeting in December 2023 in St. Petersburg, Russia. picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com | Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin Pool
The British Ministry of Defense warns that Russia will continue to use its energy resources as a strategic tool.
Since the beginning of the conflict with Ukraine, Russia has used energy resources as a means of pressure, for example by seizing oil platforms and reducing gas deliveries.
The British Ministry of Defense has been publishing daily information about the course of the war since Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine began two years ago. Moscow accuses London of disinformation.
According to Britain’s assessment, Russia will continue to use its energy resources as a strategic tool. The British Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that President Vladimir Putin’s goal is to gain economic and political influence worldwide. Putin tried to destabilize international energy security “by reducing gas flows to Europe, restricting pipeline exports and changing payment terms.”
These measures demonstrate the close connection between energy, security and political and military ambitions. Since the beginning of the conflict with Ukraine, Russia has used energy resources as a means of pressure. Reference is made to events such as the seizure of oil platforms in the Black Sea in 2015 after the annexation of Crimea and the reduction of gas deliveries to Europe by the Russian state-owned company Gazprom in 2021. Since the beginning of the war, Russia has also targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure at. The use of energy resources as a means of pressure is likely to remain a long-term strategy for Russia.
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The British Ministry of Defense has been publishing daily information about the course of the war since Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine began two years ago. Moscow accuses London of disinformation.
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