Energy institutional and organisational changes in EU and Russia: Revisiting gas relations

► In this study, we analyse the evolution of EU-Russia gas relation since the 1990s. ► The problems of defining new gas relations between the EU and Russia stem from a clash of values. ► The problem: Russia's rejection of the EU's power to enact rules for the gas industries and markets. ► For the EU and its gas companies, access to Russia's hydrocarbon resources is a key question. ► For Gazprom, the question is whether it can define flexible strategies on the European gas market.