Dionis Cenușa
@DionisCenusa
Expert @GSSC_LT | Visiting Fellow @STGEUI |Fellow @cepa | Geopolitics/(energy-)security/hybrid-FIMI/critical infrastructure/EU-CEE-Russia-GlobalSouth
My latest article: “Energy crisis in Transnistrian region: Is Russian gas replaceable?” for @RidlRussia ridl.io/energy-crisis-…
#EU: The Balkans are pentrated with protests. In Romania, an EU Member State, an estimated 50,000 people took to the streets to protest against the cancellation of the presidential election and recent austerity measures. Far-right forces are trying to exploit public discontent…
#Ukraine: Amid the anti-Russian protest mood of the Slovak population, Prime Minister Fico seems to have abandoned his idea of starting an energy war with Ukraine (by cutting off the electricity supply as a retaliation against gas transit termination). Fico stated that Slovakia…
#Ukraine: An energy dispute is brewing between Slovakia and Ukraine. PM Fico has indicated that electricity supplies to Ukraine will be cut off if Russian gas transit through Ukraine ends. President Zelensky accuses Fico of acting in Russia's interests. The Hungarian side has not…
#Hybrid: Musk is engaging in malign external interference in European politics. What he is doing is what Putin has been attempting for the past decade: promoting far-right political parties to weaken EU unity and take advantage of unilateral deals with friendly govts separated in…
#Russia: The EU began enforcing sanctions from 2024 on Russian LNG, while US sanctions targeted the Russian oil industry, including its assets in Luxembourg, Serbia, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. These measures will increase stakes for Russia in the upcoming peace talks concerning…