This book analyzes the regulatory framework that Russia has developed to attract private capital and technology in the modernization of the electricity infrastructure. Comparing Russian and EU electricity law, the book identifies regulatory risks and examines investors' protection under Russian...

Following the liberalization and privatization of the electricity market, Russia is now reforming the heating sector. Similarly to the electricity market restructuring, the trigger for the heat reform is the necessity to attract investments in the modernization of this sector. The existing...

This paper analyses the ECT from the perspective of the protection of Russian investments in downstream energy markets, in particular in the EU. Based on a primarily legal approach, this paper takes the Russian perspective and focuses on jurisdictional issues relating to the possibility for...

Although the Ukraine conflict and the resulting political hostility between Russia and the West have put a stop to the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue, the mutual benefits of energy cooperation and cross-border energy investments are undeniable. Taking these mutual benefits into account, energy would...