|   | | | | SITE April 2026 Newsletter
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| | | | As April comes to a close, we're sharing a quick roundup of SITE and FREE Network's activities and public engagement from the past weeks.
This month's issue highlights insights from the 2026 SITE Energy Talk on Europe's growing dependence on critical minerals, a timely read on how Ukrainian drone strikes are disrupting Russia's oil revenues, and new FREE Network briefs on the costs of reducing Belarus' reliance on Russian energy, why information threats are costly to ignore. We also include a snapshot of SITE in the media and what's coming up on our SITE and FREE Network events calendar. | |
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| | SITE ENERGY TALK |
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| Why Critical Minerals Are Becoming Europe's Next Big Energy Challenge: Insights From Energy Talk 2026
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| | Europe's green transition may reduce dependence on fossil fuels, but it could also create new vulnerabilities through reliance on critical minerals. These new geopolitical dependencies were the focus of the 2026 SITE Energy Talk. In the new policy brief, SITE researchers Chloé Le Coq, Elena Paltseva, and Jesper Roine explain why control over mineral supply chains is becoming a major geopolitical issue and summarise the main takeaways from this event. |
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| | UKRAINE |
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| | Kyiv School of Economics: Ukraine Drones Disrupt Russia's Oil Revenues |
| | Ukrainian drone strikes are increasingly undermining Russia's ability to capitalize on high global oil prices. In a recent Financial Times article, analysts examined how repeated attacks on key Baltic export terminals, including Primorsk and Ust-Luga, are disrupting flows and cutting into Moscow's energy windfall. The report highlights how these strikes are exposing weaknesses in Russia's infrastructure and defense systems amid a prolonged war. |
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| | BELARUS |
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| | Breaking Free of Russia's Energy Grip: How Much Will It Cost Belarus? |
| A new policy brief analysis finds that Belarus would face a painful but manageable economic shock if it moved away from cheap Russian oil and gas while trying to integrate more closely with the European Union. Published in the FREE Network Policy Brief Series, the analysis estimates that EU support could soften the blow and help Belarus shift toward more modern, higher-value industries.
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| | | | Experts: Putin will continue waging war – even if the economy is in crisis / Experter: Putin kommer fortsätta kriga – även om ekonomin krisar (Dagens Nyheter) | |
| | | | EU loans could offset Putin's new oil profits / EU:s lån kan väga upp Putins nya oljevinster (Göteborgs Posten) | |
| | | | Putin's banker gets a reprieve after warnings of collapse / Respit för Putins bankir efter hoten om kollaps (Svenska Dagbladet) | |
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| | | | Browse upcoming SITE and FREE Network events and register - on campus at the Stockholm School of Economics and online. | |
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