The Fourth Energy Transition: Current Status and Outlook, Russia’s Strategy in the Geopolitical Struggle
( Pp. 186-194)

The article is devoted to the analysis of the public and tacit reasons for the fourth energy transition. An assessment of the phenomenon of the fourth energy transition is given as an objective stage in the development of global energy, and through the prism of economic competition and geopolitical confrontation between the EU, USA, Russia, China, and fossil fuel exporting countries. The history of interaction between the USSR (RF) and European countries in the energy sector is outlined. The politically motivated background behind the causes of the energy crisis and the accelerated pace of energy transition is revealed. The problem of the risks of the energy transition in the modern geopolitical and socio-economic situation is touched upon. The main provisions of the energy development strategy of the Russian Federation in the conditions of the fourth energy transition are presented.

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the fourth energy transition, energy crisis, geopolitics, renewable energy sources, carbon neutrality, energy development strategies of the EU, China, Russia, energy and technological sovereignty, transformation of the global energy system.