Russia's Energy Diplomacy

As the legal successor States of the Soviet Union after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia’s national strength is declining, the economy was faced with many crises, international influence is declining. But in recent years with the rise in world oil prices, Russia’s economic revitalization, restoration and development of the industry to provide an important opportunity, Russia has actively carried out energy diplomacy, energy as a weapon to exert influence on the world. Russia has very rich in energy and large fuel and energy complex, which provides the material basis for Russia to carry out energy diplomacy. Use of national energy demand, energy has become an important bargaining chip for the development of land to geo-political, balance of regional conflicts, and strengthen ties with neighboring countries, and partnerships have an important significance.Mainly from the energy diplomacy to establish the background and the goal of energy diplomacy, the effectiveness of the characteristics of the target as well as energy diplomacy constraints and other aspects of elaboration.The first chapter of the world’s energy situation and the implementation of energy diplomacy, the Russian energy position in the pattern of world energy. Chapter Ⅱ from the two aspects of Russia’s energy diplomacy goals and effectiveness of in-depth analysis of Foreign Affairs of the Russian energy strategy. The third chapter discusses the characteristics of the Russian energy and initiative. Finally, from the favorable factors and constraints two of Russia’s energy diplomacy is not easy, but full of twists and turns.Russian energy diplomacy of Foreign Affairs of the Russian energy strategy is to establish the basis of national interests, the overall consideration of Russia’s internal and external environment, based on today’s future-oriented national development strategy, severely weakened the strength of the Russian State circumstances, the energy strategy to create the conditions for Russia gained more space in the international.