The Ukrainian Week talked with Kristina Kvien, US Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., in Ukraine about the prospects of US-Ukraine relations, in particular in the energy and defense spheres

What threatening consequences for the country may the new course in energy policy have?

Once again, in the duel over the energy market between two oligarchs, Ukraine ends up the loser

Ukraine has never given up on idea to develop its own nuclear energy facilities. Before long, the country will have to make a choice – follow its principles or follow an economic common sense

How corrupt oligarchic lobbying by a Russian monopoly on Ukraine’s electricity market is destroying the country’s energy security and making Ukrainians pay more for energy than they should

The Kremlin's gas pipelines bypassing Ukraine are a threat to the country's energy security. What can it do to protect itself from upcoming risks

How Ukraine’s joint ventures with EU countries in the energy sector develop

A conflict between different groups of influence in government for control over state-owned oil and gas assets threatens to undermine the country's energy security

How energy efficiency helps energy security and saves for the future

Alternative energy, which has already become a separate sector in developed countries, remains in its infancy in Ukraine and is under the careful eye of the country’s oligarchs

Who and what stays in the way of nuclear energy development

Between the panels of the Ukrainian Energy Forum held on March 1-2 in Kyiv, British expert on energy and competition spoke to The Ukrainian Week about the development of Ukraine’s energy system, renewable sources and problems faced by Europe’s Energy Union.

Polish energy analyst and chief editor of BiznesAlert, an online business and industry analysis publication, spoke to The Ukrainian Week about the new gas infrastructure in Europe, attempts of Gazprom to preserve its influence in it, and the dangers of Nord Stream 2

Ukraine’s energy sector is going through a sea change that, if successful, should eliminate dangerous dependence on foreign suppliers within a few years

Ukraine’s banking sector faces massive consolidation and change of owners

Ukraine’s Minister for the Power and Coal Industries talks about the gas balance, the chances of modernizing this sector, and the role of oligarchs in the Fuel & Energy Complex in an exclusive interview for The Ukrainian Week

A number of challenges and opportunities are coming Ukraine’s way as the European gas market undergoes a major restructurin

What reforms are going on in Ukraine’s energy sector and what is their outlook?

How Ukraine can survive the next heating season without Russian gas and coal

Russia’s energy war and devaluation of hryvnia will force Ukrainians to use gas and electricity differently

The Ukrainian Week speaks to Alan Riley, Professor of Law at the City Law School, City University of London, about Ukraine’s energy potential, its weak spots and the prospects of the South Stream

Complicated negotiations may result in complete Russian gas cut-off for Ukraine, but they show how vulnerable the Kremlin actually is

EBRD priorities are gradually shifting away from Russia. The investor is setting sights on Ukraine and has already renewed public sector lending

The EU is beginning to take concrete action against its excessive dependence on Russian gas

Serbia was forced to halt work on the South Stream gas pipeline, Vice Premier and Transport and Infrastructure Minister Zorana Mihajlović said on Monday

The energy sector was always the sore spot that Russia hit every time Ukraine went “too far” in exercising its independence. And the Kremlin was always able to bring the “unruly” Ukrainians into line again. This is how it was, but now things have changed: Ukrainians are no longer afraid of pain and have a chance to fundamentally reform the energy sector in the interests of society. The Ukrainian Week talks to Mykhailo Honchar, one of the few Ukrainian experts who view this sector from the standpoint of Ukrainian society and national security rather than personal gain

The shale gas revolution represents a strategic milestone in Ukraine's new drive for energy independence

Ukraine failed to make good on its commitments in its first year in the Energy Community and wants to pass the buck to the EU

The plans to decrease Ukraine’s dependence on Russian gas disclosed by Mr. Azarov’s Cabinet are still nothing more than a populist campaign. Thus, they look like yet another “mutually beneficial” deal with the Russian Federation

Some post-soviet republics have staunchly chosen to diversify their energy flows. As a result, they are successfully exiting the trap of energy dependence

Alain Guillemoles talks about what the French don’t know about Gazprom and Ukrainians don’t realize about their own energy prospects

Russia’s gas talks with Ukraine are just a small element of its geopolitical game. The jackpot is control over energy supply to Europe

Without China and developing countries, the planet cannot fight climate change

The draft update of the Energy Strategy of Ukraine through 2030 places major emphasis on developing the electrical power industry sector on the foundation of the coal and nuclear industries

Recent events in the center of Europe proof again that he who controls the infrastructure has the best chance of success

Neither geopolitical factors, nor the prospect of earning enormous money for lobbying someone else's interests should play a role in choosing the provider of nuclear resources and technologies. Security is what matters most. Government, not enterprises, should decide how to implement energy-saving-technologies and how to development alternative energy. That is what can be learned from the British experience

Russia utilises express diplomacy and media campaigns to have its South Stream overcome its construction being behind that of Nabucco

Mankind cannot afford to abandon nuclear energy but should change its approach to the way it is used