Responding to the crisis on the fossil fuel market as a source of Russia’s hostile narratives towards European Union countries

Abstract

Fossil fuels helped Putin build military power and attack Ukraine. Coal, gas and oil are being used by Putin’s regime as weapons against the countries that are contractors and consumers of Russian fuels. The aim of this paper is to present a methodology using Big Data analysis and to demonstrate the results, as well as to show trends and developments in relation to the response to the crisis on the fossil fuel market. At the same time, the EU institutions have taken on the burden of conducting energy policy in Europe. The research carried out, including the cluster analysis and the analysis of the variability of trends in relation to the real conditions in the market for strategic energy resources, indicates that the European Union (as an institution) has taken over the burden of policy-making in this area and national policies are far less important (indicating their weakness).