ENERGY DIPLOMACY TOOL TO ENSURE ENERGY SECURITY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
There is currently a trend of increasing energy intensity of the global GDP. Countries being importers of energy resources tend to minimize the risks of the energy markets. The problem of the energy security makes the biggest consumers develop a tool called energy diplomacy. Impact of the European energy diplomacy can negatively affect both the supplies from Russia, and the relations between Russia and its traditional partners of the CIS.