domestic discourse 85–9
exceptionalism 80
foreign discourse 85–9
Arctic paradox 81–2
local 81
Russian 81
Areva 69
associated petroleum gas (APG) flaring 14, 19, 45, 84
authoritarian rule 4–5, 14, 23–4, 97, 115, 122
Backman, Jouni 72
Bakker, Karen and Gavin Bridge 43
bioenergy 25–6, 64, 118, 121–2
solar 26–8
wood 20, 25–6, 51, 64, 118, 121–2
see also renewable energy
biopolitics 29–30, 39–40, 49–50, 52–3
energopower 30, 40, 46, 49, 53
black carbon 84
budget of Russia 2–3, 5, 8, 98, 117
China 27
choke-point geography 21, 43, 74
climate change 24, 78–9, 84–5, 87–8, 93–5, 100–101, 103–4, 109–12, 114–17, 127
denial 24, 85, 93–6, 100–107, 109–11
global climate policy 24, 106, 109, 112, 117
mitigation 88, 92–3, 96, 105–6, 108–9, 112, 115, 117, 124, 126
positive effects of 103–4, 107, 115
taboo 24–5, 85, 89, 92, 97, 111
Climate Doctrine 93
climate governance 84–5, 105–6, 109, 126
corporate social responsibility 34, 49–50, 52–4, 81, 89–90
Croatian Migrit Energija 70
electricity 27–8, 74–5, 84, 120, 127, 129–30
elites 6–7, 13, 33, 35, 52, 98, 118
see also Great Power
energy dependence 2–4, 7, 16, 22, 60, 82
energy leverage 21–2, 44, 56–62, 67
energy mix of Russia 9–10, 119–20
Energy Roadmap 2050 12
Energy Security Doctrine of Russia 126
Energy Strategy of Russia 12, 57, 79, 119–20
energy superpower 22–3, 43–4, 46, 56, 58–9, 87, 98, 110
energy transition 7–9, 26–7, 65, 74, 117, 123, 126–9
energy weapon 58–60
environmental consequences 44–5, 88, 91
EU–Russia Energy Dialogue 12, 26, 99
EU–Russia energy relations 11–12, 56–8, 60, 98–9, 125–6
nuclear power plant project 65–71, 73–4
Finnish–Russian energy relations 60–76
foreign policy 22, 24, 59, 62, 67–68, 71, 73, 75, 80, 97–8
Gazifikatsiya Rossii 10, 29–31, 39–40, 42, 46–7, 50–51, 53–5, 121, 124
Gazprom 13, 33–4, 38–42, 49–54, 57, 64, 70, 89–90, 124
GDP see budget of Russia
gender 37–8
global cooling 96, 100, 105, 107
global warming 84, 100, 107–8, 115
see also climate change
Gore, Al 105
geo-governmentality 31, 38, 46, 114, 117–18
Great Power 15, 48–9, 53, 55, 66, 75, 81, 89, 110, 112, 127
Arctic 87
ecological 15–6, 124–5, 127, 129
Haglund, Carl 72–3
see also Fennovoima nuclear power plant
Hanhikivi 2 68
hydrocarbon culture 16, 21–4, 47, 84, 88–92, 117–18, 124–6, 128–9
hydrocarbon superpower see energy superpower
indigenous peoples 44–5, 81, 83
Inter RAO 75
Karelia 50–55
Karol’, Igor’ and Andrei Kiselev 101, 106–7
KHL (Continental Hockey League) 49, 73
Kirienko, Sergei 69
Kivinen, Markku ix, 97
labour union 6
materiality
of energy 2–3, 30–31, 37, 43, 46, 110
Medvedev, Alexander 49
Ministry of Energy 12, 116, 125–6
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 86, 88
Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment 12
Ministry of Sports 50
Mitchell, Timothy 6
modernization 40–42, 96–7, 128
national identity 1, 4, 15, 22–3, 39–40, 46, 48, 58–9, 78, 82–3, 98
National Security Strategy 118, 125
Northeast Passage 79
Northern Delivery system 121
nuclear sector 65–7
Ost-Politik 72
parastatal company 13, 33, 121–2
path dependency 17, 65, 79, 118–19, 127
periphery 4, 8, 10, 17–18, 20, 27, 31, 35, 42, 50
Perm region 54
permafrost thaw 116
pipelines 8, 13, 19, 21, 42–3, 53, 57
Putin’s regime 5, 7, 22–4, 27, 58–9, 73, 78, 82, 86–7, 90, 93–4, 97–9, 110, 114–15, 118, 122, 128
renewable energy 8–9, 10–12, 25–8, 74, 117–30
legal framework in Russia 120–21, 125
see also bioenergy
Rosatom 14, 64, 66–7, 69, 75, 123
Rossiiskaya Gazeta 86, 88, 99–100, 103
Russian Academy of Sciences 93
shale hydrocarbons 98–9
Smith Stegen, Karen 59–60
Sochi Olympic Games 48–9
soot see black carbon
Soviet Union 5–6, 36, 40, 48, 78, 119
spatiality of energy 3, 17–18, 20, 37
sport 48–55
sustainability 24, 89–90, 122, 129
systemic leakage of carbon 18–19, 25, 82
see also pollution
Toshiba 69
Wallinheimo, Sinuhe 72–3
Washington, Haydn and John Cook 107