Disruptions. Energy Supply in Post-Annexation Crimea, 2014–2018
Journal: Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)
Year: 2020

In March 2014, the Russian Federation annexed Crimea. While the Kremlin assumed political control over the peninsula swiftly, other spheres of power proved to be harder to coopt. An eminent example is the supply of electric energy to the peninsula. Crimea was connected to the Ukrainian power grid since Soviet times. Despite the conflict over Crimea, the Ukrainian grid company UkrEnergo kept supplying approximately two thirds of the peninsula’s electric energy in 2015. However, the transmission l