How Sustainable Is Russia's Energy Power?

How Sustainable Is Russia's Energy Power?

Author(s): Philip Hanson
Editor(s): Jeronim Perovic, Robert Orttung, Matthias Neumann, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 38
Pages: 8-10
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2008

Russia has extensive resources, but will it be able to continue production at current levels and maintain its rapid growth? This article points to several trends that raise concern.