Russian’s Military Energy Policy in the European Space: Confrontation the Challenges and Threats
Russian’s Military Energy Policy in the European Space: Confrontation the Challenges and Threats

Summary/Abstract: In the modern world of energy dependent economies the energy component acts as a determining factor in making strategic and political decisions in the geopolitical dimensions. The article’s central thematic interest focuses on the economic origins and financial base of the energy component of Rus¬sia’s aggressive foreign policy in the European space. It contains the qualitative and quantitative indicators of the structure of modern Russian energy market and presents the research of sources of economic basis of Russia’s military overcapacity and correlation between the size of defense spending and state budget revenues of the Russian Federation in energy sector. Based on the findings of this study possible ways and measures can be modeled for creation of effective financial-economic and political-strategic system of the EU states to deter the current course of the Kremlin tight energy policy on the territory of European countries.

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