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pended on Russia, emerging evidence confirmed that there was a possibility that this dependence could be reduced. The instrument of survey in this case was made to get a measurement of the degree to which dependence on Russia by the member states of the EU for energy supply were perceived by government officers in planning institutions. Generally, the following hypotheses were tested:

There is a possibility of reducing the dependence by the European Union on Russia for their energy supply.

The process of making a transition to beat this dependence would majorly rely on the choice of other alternative sources and alternative energy resources.

There is a high chance of the European Union to continue depending on Russia for her energy supply if the alternatives failed or if new energy policy was not established.

Research methodology:

The main purpose of this quantitative case study was to investigate the possibility of reducing the Russian dependence over energy in the European Union. In arriving at this purpose, the research design seeks to establish: 1) whether there is a possibility to reduce the Russian dependence over energy in the European Union; and 2) the steps that the European Union could take in dealing with the dependence on Russia for energy.

From time in the past, the dependence on Russia for energy by the European Union has contributed a lot to the State of the EU economy. Policies in the energy sector like any other economic sector are very important in promoting good performance in the economy. In fact, the energy sector is the key economic drive in any county or nation that needs to develop.

While a country would be required to provide for its citizens, the contribution of other nations cannot be overlooked. The European Union energy policy and dependence on Russia for energy supply cannot be regarded as a healthy position and a safe one for that matter both in present times and in the future.

Research Design:

The quantitative research methodology was employed to investigate the possibility of reducing the Russian dependence over energy in the European Union. The research questions were pertinent to the perception of the held by Economics professionals of the member states of the European Union on the dependence of the European Union on Russia for their energy supply.

The main issue in this study is the absence of information on the possibility of reducing dependence by the European Union on Russia for energy to drive their respective economies. This lack of understanding and misguided perceptions may be a very challenging fate and at times a very humiliating affair to the EU (Smith, pp.7-23). This is because their economies could be swayed to and fro by the so called Russian “energy super power”.

The possibility of reducing the dependency on Russia by the EU on energy supply as perceived the member states was a representation of the independent variable whereas the satisfaction with which these efforts were deemed to bring satisfaction to the respective economies represented the dependent variable.

The variables of intervention took into account factors of demography, which included the level of employment in the respective government planning institutions among the member states. The figure below shows how these va