Energetska bezbednost u partnerstvu Rusije i Evropske unije
Energy Security in Russia - EU Partnershipenergy security;energy dialogue;energy strategy;energy supply;European Union;Russia

Summary/Abstract: The worldwide rise of energy prices, influenced, among other factors, by political and military tension in the Middle East and the Gulf, has also affected the EU. In the light of the mounting tension between Russia and former Soviet transit countries, fierce discussions on energy security in the EU were even more exuberated by the rising EU energy dependence on imports from Russia. The question of reliability of energy supply from Russia was raised for the first time in the EU. Even more, the question of energy imports from Russia became a strategic political matter in the EU, and it will be even more significant as EU in the process of enlargement approaches the borders of the former Soviet Union and Russia. The aim of this article is to present the comprehensive complexity of Russia-EU relations in the light of the so-called energy security. The starting point of the analysis will be the general frame of these relations and key characteristics of both entities in regard to wider European security and stability. This will be followed by the analysis of the political options that both EU and Russia have at their disposal for establishing a future policy acceptable for both sides. The article discovers that even though we have various statements by officials and Common energy strategy of the European commission, we can hardly talk of common European energy policy or Euro-Russian energy dialogue. This on the other hand means that the question of energy security remains strongly in the hands of the national governments and EU member states.

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