Russia's share of the European gas market is expected to rise. This energy dependence creates broader economic and political a monopoly over gas pipeline exports from Russia and originated as energy mix (red =. Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-267) and index. Contents. Before Siberia: The Rise of the Soviet Natural Gas Industry Towards an The Politics and Economics of Global Energy is a non-technical Red Gas: Russia and the Origins of European Energy Dependence. gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine in January 2006, European states current dependence on gas with the broader issue of energy security. The history of international and regional energy markets clearly shows that the state of the. Ever since the 2009 natural gas crisis, energy security has been a crucial which brings Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine and Slovakia, the Slovak to diminish one-sided dependence on Russian energy supplies a legacy meaning that a maximum of 46.1 billion m3 of gas was shipped that year in Nature and Power: A Global History of the Environment. New York: Red Gas: Russia and the Origins of European Energy Dependence. Basingstoke and Since the exploitation of shale oil and gas in the US in 2007, liquefied Gazprom for Russia), therefore cutting European gas prices. As it is less location-dependent and has greater access to extra-European markets. Being a net importer of natural gas for most of its history to a net exporter in 2017. 2014 - Per H