Section: Energy
How Russia prepared to seize Ukraine’s nuclear energy. Part 1: Derkach’s Twelve
In the spring of 2020, a new team (consisting of Galushchenko, Kotin, Hartmut, and Boyaryntsev) was appointed at the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom, which is associated with the controversial former deputy Andrii Derkach. A year ago, the frontman of this team, German Galushchenko, was promoted and appointed as the Minister...
How the West loses to Russia in energy sanctions
Western countries fought so vigorously against “oil” dictators in Iraq, Iran, Libya, and Venezuela that they failed to notice the biggest one right under their noses. The USA, UK, and EU not only bought Russian oil and gas for decades but also built pipelines, displacing other importers in favor of the Kremlin, and helped the latter...
Who supports Russia in France?
Who supports Russia in France? From the first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there was an almost unequivocal consensus in French politics to condemn the aggression. Any justification of Russia’s actions by party leaders would be considered political suicide. However, the level of support which France should provide...
War for the Arctic or energy sabotage: why Russian spies have become more active in Norway
Scandinavia was covered by a wave of reports about Russian espionage even before the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022. The collective “Lubyanka” [a metonym that is often used in informal journalistic and colloquial speech to collectively refer to the state security bodies of the USSR and the Russian Federation, in...