Anastasiya Shapochkina - State of Lawlessness: Russia Resorts to Energy Terrorism in its Ukraine War

Life is becoming harder in Ukrainian cities as winter sets in and the  supply of power and heat become uncertain. People in big cities cannot  survive for long periods without heat. Russia’s campaign to cripple  Ukraine’s power infrastructure could therefore trigger a new wave of  emigration to Europe. Putin is resorting to terroristic threats, against  nuclear facilities, as his army loses on the frontlines.    Anastasiya Shapochkina is Founder and president of Eastern Circles, she  has 11 years of experience in consulting and energy industry, where she  worked on companies, technologies and market analysis in the renewable  energy, utilities, nuclear energy, and e-mobility. She led development  of international cross-industry partnership research projects on these  subjects and represented business in European industrial and research  associations. Anastasiya is a lecturer on geopolitics in Sciences Po  Paris since 2012, focusing on the role of business in the EU-Russia  relations. Anastasiya is author of articles on the geopolitics and  geoeconomics in the Former Soviet Union, she has regular TV and radio  appearances. Anastasiya graduated from Georgetown University School of  Foreign Service, German, and European Studies Program.