gazprom as an actor in the energy markets of the cis countries

103 Pages·2014·1.93 MB·English

by  Anton Bulannikov

MASARYK UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Economics and Administration
Economic Policy and International Relations

GAZPROM AS AN ACTOR IN THE ENERGY
MARKETS OF THE CIS COUNTRIES - THE
CASE OF UKRAINE AND BELARUS

Gazprom jako aktér na energetických trzích zemí
Společenství nezávislých států - případ Ukrajiny a
Běloruska

Master Thesis

Supervisor: Author:
Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D. Anton Bulannikov

Brno, 2013

Masarykova univerzita
Ekonomicko-správní fakulta

Katedra ekonomie

Akademický rok 2011/2012

ZADÁNÍ DIPLOMOVÉ PRÁCE

Pro: BULANNIKOV Anton

Obor: Hospodářská politika a mezinárodní vztahy

Název tématu: GAZPROM JAKO AKTÉR NA ENERGETICKÝCH TRZÍCH
ZEMÍ SPOLEČENSTVÍ NEZÁVISLÝCH STÁTŮ - PŘÍPAD
UKRAJINY A BĚLORUSKA

Gazprom as an actor in the energy markets of the CIS countries -
the case of Ukraine and Belarus

Zásady pro vypracování

Problémová oblast: Cíl práce: Postup a použité metody:

Po rozpadu SSSR a následujícím vzniku SNS začalo Rusko hrát novou významnou roli v
energetických vztazích se státy postsovětského prostoru. Magisterská práce se bude věnovat
aktivitam ruské plynárenské společnosti Gazprom vůči tranzitným zemím při dodavkach
plynu do států EU, konkrétně v případě Ukrajiny a Běloruska. Komparativní studie se bude
věnovat pozici Gazpromu v rámci energetického sektoru těchto států, pozornost bude
věnována investičním aktivitám i otázkám vlivu na pozici těchto zemí jakožto tranzitních
zemí pro přepravu energetických surovin.
Rozsah grafických prací: předpoklad cca 10 tabulek a grafů

Rozsah práce bez příloh: 60 – 70 stran

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Vedoucí diplomové práce: Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D.

Datum zadání diplomové práce: 5. 3. 2012

Termín odevzdání diplomové práce a vložení do IS je uveden v platném harmonogramu
akademického roku.

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vedoucí katedry děkan

V Brně dne 5. 3. 2012
Jméno a příjmení autora: Anton Bulannikov
Název diplomové práce: Gazprom as an actor in the energy markets of
the CIS countries -the case of Ukraine and
Belarus
Katedra: Ekonomie
Vedoucí diplomové práce: Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D.
Rok obhajoby: 2014

Annotation
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and further organization of the Commonwealth of Independent
States, the Russian Federation began to play a leading role both in political and economic fields
among the countries that were once part of the Soviet Union. The same goes for the energy sector,
because energy plays a key role in the national security of any given state as a fuel with which the
whole economic mechanism operates. The CIS were dominated by elites that were more concerned
about cumulating wealth and power than about formulating of long-term national strategies in energy
or any other sector. This was the main reason for the absence of a consistent energy policy, and as a
consequence, Ukraine and Belarus began to depend on Russian supplies. To be more specific, the
cheap gas factor was used to maintain weak states, which faced the threat of total collapse. Thereby
emerged the underpayments for gas supplies. It was one of the most important factors of tensions
between producer and consumer states which subsequently led to the large-scale conflicts with
extensive foreign policy consequences. After the abolition of Russia’s subsidies on the gas price and
their increasing at the world level, current problems were even more aggravated. In addition, Ukraine
and Belarus are situated on the western borders of the Russian Federation, and are located between the
producer of energy resources and their main consumer, that causes the transitional nature of these
countries.

Keywords

Energy security, National champion, Ukraine, Belarus, Gazprom, Naftogaz Ukrainy, Beltransgaz,
Nord Stream pipeline, South Stream pipeline

Declaration of authorship

I hereby declare, that I have written the thesis Gazprom as an actor in the energy markets of
the CIS countries - the case of Ukraine and Belarus without any help from others and without
the use of documents and aids other than those stated above, that I have mentioned all used
sources and that I have cited them correctly according to established academic citation rules.

In Brno
6.01.2014 ____________________
Anton Bulannikov

Foremost, I would like to express my profound gratitude to my thesis supervisor
Mgr. Petra Kuchyňkova, Ph.D for her patience, support and valuable guidance during the
thesis-writing process.
Besides my supervisor, I would like to thank my relatives and friends for the support they
provided me throughout my entire life. And a very special thanks goes out to my sister and
friend Olga Samoilova, without whose encouragement and language editing assistence,
I would not have finished my thesis.