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Russia's Gas Exports and Transit Dispute Resolution under the ECT: Missed Opportunities for Gazprom or False Hopes in Europe?

Energy Transit plays an important role in the export of Russian gas to Europe and the European Energy security. The events around the Russian-Ukrainian supply and transit dispute in 2005/06 made clear that there are different approaches to dispute resolution in Europe and in Russia, and respectively, the Ukraine. Suggestions to solve the dispute under the legal umbrella of international arbitration (ECT or commercial arbitration) in the end were rejected by Russia and the Ukraine. This article describes the different approaches towards dispute resolution (legal v power politics) of the players involved and discusses the possibilities for dispute mechanisms in comparable transit dispute situations.