At present, there is not much to report on energy sector reform in the Russian Federation. It would be useful to understand the reasons for this inaction when action is most needed. A recent paper published by Tatiana Mitrova and Yury Melnikov[1] (2019) on energy transition in Russia provides the necessary insight: “Russia, ranking fourth...
Unfortunately, at the moment there is nothing remotely resembling carbon pricing in Russia. No carbon tax, no cap and trade, no planned pricing or any additional mechanisms. About a year ago there was some talk about introducing a carbon tax but it ended in total failure. The word “tax” was met with a huge protest...
At his annual press conference on December 19, 2019 the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, admitted that climate change is indeed happening. However, the Russian President also explicitly stated that “nobody knows” what causes climate change, thus casting doubt on the overwhelming scientific consensus that what we are experiencing has direct anthropogenic causes....
