摘要
The authors propose a concept that makes it possible at least to mitigate, if not to avoid, the consequences of an energy crisis, which is conceivable in the near future due to the depletion of hydrocarbon resources. This concept may either underlie the main track of negotiating the crisis or constitute a critical link in a more sophisticated strategy of providing Russia with energy resources. The authors hope that their considerations will draw the attention of the Russian government, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and ministries and departments responsible for Russia鈥檚 energy security. Original Russian Text 漏 I.E. Varshavskaya, Yu.A. Volozh, A.N. Dmitrievskii, Yu.G. Leonov, N.V. Miletenko, M.A. Fedonkin, 2012, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2012, Vol. 82, No. 2, pp. 99鈥?09.Inessa Efimovna Varshavskaya, Cand. Sci. (Geol.-Mineral.), is an advisor to the director of the RAS Geological Institute (RAS GIN). Yuri Abramovich Volozh, Dr. Sci. (Geol.-Mineral.), is chief research fellow of the RAS GIN Laboratory of Comparative Analysis of Sedimentary Basins. Academician Anatolii Nikolaevich Dmitrievskii is director of the RAS Institute of Oil and Gas Problems (RAS IOGP). Academician Yuri Georgievich Leonov is chief research fellow at the RAS GIN. Nikolai Vasil鈥檈vich Miletenko, Dr. Sci. (Geol.-Mineral.), is a deputy director of the Department of State Policy and Regulation of Nature Management at the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources. Academician Mikhail Aleksandrovich Fedonkin is director of the RAS GIN.