Chapter 7 - paragraph 3 - lesson 1

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

What are we going to do today?

- Homework check

- Conflict Ukraine and Russia

- Natural gas in Russia

Homework check

Show me your summary of the docu. 

I will continue with geography after the holidays.

Yes

No

Not sure yet...

Why is Ukraine
important to Russia?

Ukraine vs Russia

political = power / buffer between Russia and the West

military = naval base at Sebastopol

historical = close ties / independence 1991

cultural = capital Kiev / Russian language and culture

economical = industrial cities in Eastern Ukraine

Natural gas 

Russia is an important supplier of energy to Europe.

BUT... Pipeline goes through Ukraine.... 

Russia uses its natural gas to put pressure on Ukraine:

conflict = gas supply cut off

Which means large parts of Europe will also be cut off...

Natural gas to the NL

Russia, Germany, the Netherlands and GB laid the Nord Stream pipeline to avoid the fallout from conflicts between Russia and Ukraine.

Important for NL because:

- Alternative to dutch gas

- NL want to become gas hub 

Russia engages in geo-politics

= political power that a country wields by exploiting its natural resources or its geographical location.

Plan for future:

- Agreement to double Nord Stream
-  Plans for Turkish Stream (2019)
 Europe no longer gets gas via Ukraine?

Homework

Paragraph 3

Questions 1, 3, 4 and 5 (page 48)