Anastasiya Shapochkina - State of Lawlessness: Russia Resorts to Energy Terrorism in its Ukraine War

Silicon Curtain

Life is becoming harder in Ukrainian cities as winter sets in and the supply of power and heat become uncertain. People in big cities cannot survive for long periods without heat. Russia’s campaign to cripple Ukraine’s power infrastructure could therefore trigger a new wave of emigration to Europe. Putin is resorting to terroristic threats, against nuclear facilities, as his army loses on the frontlines.

Anastasiya Shapochkina is Founder and president of Eastern Circles, she has 11 years of experience in consulting and energy industry, where she worked on companies, technologies and market analysis in the renewable energy, utilities, nuclear energy, and e-mobility. She led development of international cross-industry partnership research projects on these subjects and represented business in European industrial and research associations. Anastasiya is a lecturer on geopolitics in Sciences Po Paris since 2012, focusing on the role of business in the EU-Russia relations. Anastasiya is author of articles on the geopolitics and geoeconomics in the Former Soviet Union, she has regular TV and radio appearances. Anastasiya graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, German, and European Studies Program.