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This article draws upon experience from the operations of a small Russianbased natural gas supplier Itera, and the Russian gas giant Gazprom basically within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) — and also towards the European Union. The article addresses the energy situation of Georgia in terms of security of gas supply, and the strong dependency of the country on a single gas supplier, Itera. The article also shows how Gazprom is prone to impose Russian policy in the region. On this basis the consequences of admitting Gazprom to become a major supplier of gas to Georgia are assessed. It is further believed that this would not improve the situation of security of supplies, neither would the transparency increase, nor would a competitive and business-friendly arena be established.
The Caspian Area Energy Studies, Partnership for Social Initiatives, Alumna of the Kennan Institute of Advanced Russian Studies
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Jervalidze, L. (2004). Gazprom in Georgia. In: Hetland, J., Gochitashvili, T. (eds) Security of Natural Gas Supply through Transit Countries. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 149. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2078-3_16
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