Energy experts discussed the CSTO PA law On Combating Terrorism at Fuel and Energy Facilities

“Politics is a condensed manifestation of economics and, of course, protection of fuel and energy facilities is one of the most important elements of ensuring sovereignty,” said Sergei Pospelov, Executive Secretary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, speaking at the panel discussion Energy Security and Sustainable Development of Energy at the international research and practice conference Territory of Energy Dialogue within the Russian Energy Week.
Presenting the CSTO model law On Combating Terrorism at Fuel and Energy Facilities developed by the Assembly, the CSTO PA Executive Secretary stressed that the legislative formalization of the protection of such facilities not only contributes to the regional security system, but also helps to formalize the global security system, considering that Russia plays a leading role in ensuring energy security in Eurasia.
“The Russian Federation, as the initiator of the model law On Combating Terrorism at FEC Facilities, sees the necessity of further implementation of model laws across the Collective Security Treaty Organization, because today the energy supply vector is shifting to the south-east and many important energy projects are connected with the CSTO States, among others.
The implementation of the law into the national legislation of the CSTO Member States allows the creation of a coherent and interoperable system of protection of the critical energy infrastructure.”
Sergei Pospelov noted that the experts to whom the model law was presented praised it, and the work towards the legislative formalization of the energy security system will be continued.
The CSTO PA Executive Secretary said that the participation in the work of such events as the Russian Energy Week shows the interest to model lawmaking in the area of protection of the energy infrastructure within the CSTO.
As you may recall, the international research and practice conference Territory of Energy Dialogue addressed energy security: “Ensuring energy security has always been the key task of the fuel and energy complex. The current global energy crisis has forced many countries to reconsider their climate policy promoted in the recent time and recommission coal-fired power plants, step up the development of gas fields and return to nuclear power.
Russia has traditionally proceeded from the need for a balanced development of the fuel and energy complex: on the one hand, capable of providing consumers with reliable energy supply, and on the other, being in line with the low-carbon development of the economy.”
The event participants suggested answers to such questions as
– What goals and objectives of technological support should be defined when changing the energy mode?
– How to maintain the vector of society development and economic growth against the “limits of growth” and execution of threats to energy security?
– What positions in following the global trends we retain in terms of technology development while balancing energy security and low-carbon economy, and what positions need to be adjusted or added, while maintaining our individual priorities and principles in ensuring energy security?
– What are the breakthrough areas to the “new energy sector” in Russia?