This book explores the impact on the Russian gas sector of changes in international gas markets, including the growth of competition and development of new sources of supply. It also assesses how Russian responses, in turn, impact the markets where Russian gas is sold. The volume is structured to reflect the Russian Gas Matrix described in OIES research: the shifting relationship between key elements of supply and demand for Russian gas. It includes chapters on demand for Russian gas in Europe, CIS importing countries, Asia, and the domestic Russian market, as well as analysis of sources of Russian gas supply, including Gazprom, other producers such as Novatek and Rosneft, and imports from Central Asia. It also considers the wider economic context of change in the gas sector, and addresses the key political and economic issues it faces, including the contribution of gas revenues and taxes to the Russian budget, the potential for changes to the structure of the domestic market and the export monopoly, the future of domestic gas prices and the balance of supply among Russian producers. The book aims to provide a detailed update to Jonathan Stern's The Future of Russian Gas and Gazprom (OUP, 2005) and to develop themes raised in Simon Pirani's (ed.), Russian and CIS Gas Markets and their Impact on Europe (OUP, 2009).

The Russian Gas Matrix: How Markets are Driving Change

Business & Money

HENDERSON, James

Pirani, Simon

Economics

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

The Russian Revolution in Retreat, 1920–24 (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies)

The Russian revolution of 1917 was a defining event of the twentieth century, and its achievements and failures remain controversial in the twenty-first. This book focuses on the retreat from the revolution’s aims in 1920–24, after the civil war and at the start of the New Economic Policy – and specifically, on the turbulent relationship between the working class and the Communist Party in those years. It is based on extensive original research of the actions and reactions of the party leadership and ranks, of dissidents and members of other parties, and of trade union activists and ordinary factory workers. It discusses working-class collective action before, during and after the crisis of 1921, when the Bolsheviks were confronted by the revolt at the Kronshtadt naval base and other protest movements. This book argues that the working class was politically expropriated by the Bolshevik party, as democratic bodies such as soviets and factory committees were deprived of decision-making power; it examines how the new Soviet ruling class began to take shape. It shows how some worker activists concluded that the principles of 1917 had been betrayed, while others accepted a social contract, under which workers were assured of improvements in living standards in exchange for increased labour discipline and productivity, and a surrender of political power to the party.

The Russian Revolution in Retreat, 1920–24: Soviet Workers and the New Communist Elite (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies)

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Routledge

The Russian revolution of 1917 was a defining event of the twentieth century, and its achievements and failures remain controversial in the twenty-first. This book focuses on the retreat from the revolution’s aims in 1920–24, after the civil war and at the start of the New Economic Policy – and specifically, on the turbulent relationship between the working class and the Communist Party in those years.  It is based on extensive original research of the actions and reactions of the party leadership and ranks, of dissidents and members of other parties, and of trade union activists and ordinary factory workers. It discusses working-class collective action before, during and after the crisis of 1921, when the Bolsheviks were confronted by the revolt at the Kronshtadt naval base and other protest movements.  This book argues that the working class was politically expropriated by the Bolshevik party, as democratic bodies such as soviets and factory committees were deprived of decision-making power; it examines how the new Soviet ruling class began to take shape. It shows how some worker activists concluded that the principles of 1917 had been betrayed, while others accepted a social contract, under which workers were assured of improvements in living standards in exchange for increased labour discipline and productivity, and a surrender of political power to the party.  

Simon Pirani investigates the interaction of power, money and people in Russia during the presidencies of Vladimir Putin and his successor Dmitry Medvedev. Profiling the Putin team, including contingents from the security services and pro-market economic "reformers", Pirani argues that the economic growth it presided over during the oil boom was one-sided. The gap between rich and poor widened. Now the boom is over, inequalities will multiply further. As well as explaining Russia's economic trajectory, the book provides a unique account of the social movements that are working against an increasingly authoritarian government to change Russia for the better. This is the perfect introduction for undergraduates approaching Russia for the first time and those who wish to know how Russia will change during the economic crisis.

Change in Putin's Russia: Power, Money and People

Pluto Press

Simon Pirani investigates the interaction of power, money and people in Russia during the presidencies of Vladimir Putin and his successor Dmitry Medvedev. Profiling the Putin team, including contingents from the security services and pro-market economic "reformers", Pirani argues that the economic growth it presided over during the oil boom was one-sided. The gap between rich and poor widened. Now the boom is over, inequalities will multiply further. As well as explaining Russia's economic trajectory, the book provides a unique account of the social movements that are working against an increasingly authoritarian government to change Russia for the better. This is the perfect introduction for undergraduates approaching Russia for the first time and those who wish to know how Russia will change during the economic crisis.

Coal, gas and oil have been capitalism's main fuels since the industrial revolution. And yet, of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burned in the last 50 years. Most alarming of all, fossil fuel consumption has grown fastest in the last three decades, since scientists confirmed that it is the main cause of potentially devastating global warming. In Burning Up, Simon Pirani recounts the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid twentieth century. Dispelling explanations foregrounding Western consumerism, and arguments that population growth is the main problem, Pirani shows how fossil fuels are consumed through technological, social and economic systems, and that these systems must change. This is a major contribution to understanding the greatest crisis of our time.

Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption

Coal, gas, and oil have powered our societies for hundreds of years. But the pace at which we use them changed dramatically in the twentieth century: of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burnt up in the past fifty years alone, the vast majority of that within a single generation. Most worrying of all, this dramatic acceleration has occurred against the backdrop of an increasingly unanimous scientific consensus: that their environmental impact is devastating and potentially irreversible.             In Burning Up, Simon Pirani recounts the history of the relentless rise of fossil fuels in the past half century, and lays out the ways in which the expansion of the global capitalist economy has driven it forward. Dispelling common explanations that foreground Western consumerism, as well as arguments about unsustainable population growth, Pirani offers instead an insightful intervention in what is arguably the crisis of our time.

The Russian Revolution in Retreat, 1920 24: Soviet Workers and the New Communist Elite

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The Russian Gas Matrix: How Markets are Driving Change

The Russian Revolution in Retreat, 1920–24: Soviet Workers and the New Communist Elite (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies)

The Russian Revolution in Retreat, 1920–24 (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies)

Change in Putin's Russia: Power, Money and People

Change in Putin's Russia: Power, Money and People

Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption

Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption

The Russian Revolution in Retreat, 1920 24: Soviet Workers and the New Communist Elite