THE IMPACT OF POLITICAL CONTRADICTIONS AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY ON THE PROJECT NORTH STREAM 2
The article analyses the reasons influencing the nature and the specificity of the confrontation of interests of various political forces concerning the project «North Stream 2». It highlights the factors affecting the prosperity of the project in the context of confrontation of interests. The analysis of economic and political contractions concerning the construction of the pipeline «North Stream 2» takes centre stage in the article. The article also presents a way to divide the participants of the project into supporters and opponents. It explains how the coalitions were formed. Moreover, the article looks into the problem of competition between gas pipelines and deliveries of liquified natural gas. The article names the key indicators of the efficiency of the gas pipeline construction as well as the competitive advantages of the delivery of liquified natural gas that might exclude long-term commitments. The market expansion prospects are illustrated with the new strategies of China's and Qatar's energetic policy.The statistics that were prepared in the context of the analysis prove that the the international community is mostly against the project, but there are numerous reasons that justify the construction. Finally, it finds out the impact of the liquified natural gas market on the Gazprom priorities and the promotion of the project «North Stream 2».