THE NEW RUSSIAN ENERGY STRATEGY: THE FUTURE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BETWEEN OLD AND NEW PLAYERS

The geopolitical events influece the choices that a Country makes in order to establish its strategic route as well it could influece the route of somebody else. Russia as one of leading Country in gas and oil supply had to cope during the last year a multilevel crisis, the first political that is the “Ucranian crisis” the second more of economical-financial character namely the oil price collapse and at last the military interventantion in Syria and the following diplomatic crisis with Turkey, but all tied in somehow to each other. Surely all these aspects have constrapted Russia to increase its speed versus a reorietation of energetic supply policy in which new actors will play a key role as recipients in Asia resizing the position of coutries such as EU’s members and former URSS countries. Such reorganization should not be seen as a result of the events above but has its source in document published by the Ministry of Energy of RF in the begining of 2014 named Russian Energy Strategy 2035 that represent a draft of the new energy strategy of the next two decades in which was already evident the change of course torwards new horizons. By this paper we want to analize the reasons that have conduct towards this new path and clarify the main development aspects that will involve the national as well as new partners economy.