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Russia's ability to remain a global supplier torn of energy in the future, torn as well as the power that gives the Kremlin, the Russian energy sector, today causing more doubt. After ten years of active energy exports and receiving large incomes Russia reduces gas prices, gas supplied to Europe, and its earnings forecasts for the energy giant "Gazprom" since the beginning of this year have subsided.
Russia has the world's proven natural gas reserves and periodically changes Saudi Arabia topping the list of the leading torn oil producing countries. This country provides a third European demand for oil and gas, and starts to increase exports to East Asian markets, energy-hungry. Energy sector to Moscow - is more than just a commercial torn asset. He's more than a century, is one of the foundations of Russian stabilization torn and the source of its power is enhanced. Kremlin torn called energy security the main component of Russia's national security, especially in view of the fact that recent changes to global and domestic trends cast doubt on the strength and durability of the energy sector. Russian energy sector is strengthened, then weakened throughout the country's history. The management of this cycle has been at the forefront of Russia's domestic and foreign policy in tsarist times. Now this historical burden fell on the shoulders of Vladimir Putin's regime. Russian imperatives and Russian energy factor is inherently vulnerable, torn as it is surrounded by other great powers, and its boundaries are not very comfortable for the defense. In addition, torn Russia has a huge, mostly sad and inhospitable territory inhabited by various ethnic groups that have long been at odds with the central government in Moscow. In this regard, she is faced with the pressing need to maintain its integrity as a state and to strengthen its position as a regional power. First, Russia must consolidate their society torn under a single authority. Secondly, it needs to spread its power in the near geographical environment for the creation of buffer zones as protection from other states. (Formation of the Soviet Union - is a graphic example of this imperative in action.) Finally, it should torn make the best use of their natural resources torn to ensure equilibrium with the great powers, which are beyond its periphery. To achieve these objectives, Russia throughout its history has used a variety of means, from the export of agricultural products to open military torn conquest and intimidation. torn Since the late 1800s, Russian national energy included in the inventory of important means to achieve torn its main strategic goals. By the mid-twentieth century, the Russian energy sector has become one of the main foundations of its economic and political power. Revenues from oil and gas exports show how the energy sector has allowed the Kremlin to hold the country torn together. Revenues torn from energy exports began to flow into the coffers of the Russian Empire torn in the late 1800s. Export revenues from oil sales was while 7% of the total export earnings. In the late 1920s, that is, at an early stage of the Soviet Union, this figure rose to 14%. And by the 1950s, the state budget was halfway replenished by energy revenues. This influx of capital has been an important tool to help Russia build its military and industrial base, it needs to maintain the status, if not the world, then at least a regional power. Nevertheless, as the Russian state became dependent on energy, these revenues make it very vulnerable. In addition to providing export earnings energy sector contributes to the creation and maintenance of internal stability and the industry of the state. Domestic energy consumption in Russia is huge, due to very cold weather, saved most of the year. But despite the inefficiency of the energy sector, large energy losses and the high costs of its production, domestic reserves of the country allow Moscow to maintain low energy prices for its citizens and the enterprises torn in which they work. The energy torn sector also strengthens Russia's ability to extend its influence to the nearest neighbors. Moscow differently using its energy resources torn as a lever of pressure on the buffer states. Here and control over the production of energy torn in the regions (which previously existed in the oil fields in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan) and energy supplies at a discount to the neighboring countries, and control over their energy transport infrastructure. Russia uses a similar strategy and building relationships outside the former Soviet Union. For example, the country is one of the two major energy suppliers in Europe, and besides it is the only European supplier, which has large oil and gas reserves, and has long been selling them at low prices. Physical bunch Russia with Europe and its ability to