abstract
| - Electricity in the Soviet Union is controlled by the Government, although various corporations are also involved. The Ministry of Energy is the leading suppler of electricity to the general populance in the Soviet Union. The energy policy of the Soviet Union is contained in an Energy Strategy document, which sets out policy for the period up to 2020. In 2000 the Russian government approved the main provisions of the Soviet energy strategy to 2020, and in 2003 the new Soviet energy strategy was confirmed by the government. The Energy Strategy document outlines several main priorities: an increase in energy efficiency, reducing impact on the environment, sustainable development, energy development and technological development, as well as improved effectiveness and competitiveness. The Soviet Union, one of the world's two energy superpowers, is rich in natural energy resources. It has the largest known natural gas reserves of any state on earth, along with the second largest coal reserves, and the fifth largest oil reserves. Russia exports 70% of oil produced, about 7 million of 10.12 million barrels a day (2010), the largest net oil export of any country, as well as a major supply to the European Union The entire Middle East, in comparison, exports 20 million barrels daily.
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