The construction of a second Baltic Sea natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany (Nord Stream 2) is very … Europe. However, DIW Berlin analyses show that the planned pipeline project Nord Stream 2 is not necessary to secure natural …

We use cooperative game theory to analyze the strategic impact of three controversial pipeline projects. Two of them … value turns out to be huge, justifying the high investment cost for Germany and Russia. The additional leverage obtained … accessing producers in Middle East and Central Asia. The project has a large potential to curtail Russia's power, but the …

. Russia has the largest gas reserves in the world and currently produces around 550 billion cubic meters of gas each year … industrial producers. The pricing of natural gas is currently a hot topic in Russia, as the Russian government proposes to … main data sources for the model are the public databases of Rosstat and the micro-level household data from the Russia …