Since early 2006, Russia has been attempting to change the rules on the international energy market to suit its own …, as its dependence on imports of raw materials is increasing. Russia believes to be able to choose between serving the … its strategic energy partnership with Russia, but also to diversify the existing import structures. …

the wake of sanctions and counter-sanctions, and that Russia has since lost importance as a trading partner. In an …The authors show that the momentum of business with Russia was broken after the Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014 in … analysis by product group, they show that individual sectors and companies are more dependent on exports to Russia than is …

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to a sudden reassessment of political and economic relations with Russia … sanctions in 2014 and identify the degree and shape of vulnerability of German trade with respect to these two markets on the … firm level. The firm-level data reveals that Russia and Ukraine have become less important as trading partners at both the …