Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen is a Professor in Russian Energy Policy at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki Shinichiro Tabata is a Professor at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University Daria Gritsenko is an Assistant Professor at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki Masanori Goto is a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University