Medvedeva, N.N. Political goals, options and conditions for realization of the gas cartel project.

Abstract: One of the ways to ensure the long-term strategic interests of Russia may be the so-called “gas cartel”, and its various perspectives literally “exploded” the political discourse in 2006. This article concerns itself with both the history of the issue and the possible vectors of its development. One of the issues concerned would be the possibilty to use the gas cartel as a political pressure instrument… Such a possibility is recognized both by the Russian and the Western political elites alike.