Analysis of the Level of Energy Security in the Central and Southern Federal Districts of Russia Using Normalized Indicative Estimates

The article presents approaches to assessing the level of energy security of Russian regions using the apparatus for convolution of qualitative assessments of the state of the most important indicators of energy security. An example of using a new approach to the formation of normalized values of energy security indicators and normalized qualitative assessments of the state of energy security is also presented. The main trends and scales of the energy security of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation located in the territories of the Central and Southern federal districts are shown.