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Cheap gas, costly dependence. Can Armenia break free from Russia?

Armenians know how much energy dependence can cost because they have lived through its worst form. When the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, two neighbouring countries – Azerbaijan and Turkey – closed their borders, and the fuel that kept the country running stopped flowing. Heating was switched off for entire winters. Electricity was available for only a few hours a day. People burned their own furniture and cut down trees in parks to survive the cold. At the same time, the economy was collapsing: within just a few years, domestic production fell by more than half. The memory of those events remains vivid, which is why one word returns in every serious discussion about Armenia’s energy sector: dependence.

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