The moves, announced after a meeting of Russia’s Security Council and a rambling, impassioned address by Putin to Russians, were not the full-fledged invasion predicted by many in the West after weeks of deployment by Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders.

According to the Energy Ministry, electricity consumption will increase to 152.9 billion kWh by 2035, while the average annual growth in electricity consumption in 2021-2035 will increase by 2.7 percent.