Abstract
        
            
            THE BLACK SEA GEOPOLITICS: RUSSIAN AND EUROPEAN ENERGY COMPETITION
            
            The Black Sea (BS) region is regaining its status of gate for Eastern merchandises to Europe’s markets mostly after the last EU enlargement in 2007. This time the traded merchandises are of a new kind: energy products. The region represents the solution for energy routes and markets (upstream and downstream) 
            
            
            Keywords
            geopolitics, energy competition, energy corridor, pipelines, Russia, Turkey, EU