May 2015, Vol. 3, No. 5
Gazprom's Turkish Gambit pays off in energy relations with EU
Tired of Brussels-based European Union bureaucrats’ endless geopolitically motivated red tape over its South Stream gas pipeline, the Kremlin at the end of last year finally abandoned the venture in favor of construction of a new alternative gas route to its European gas consumers via Turkey, the so-called Turkish Stream pipeline. The new strategy of the Russian gas monopolist, Gazprom, envisages the construction of a new pipeline and delivering gas via it to the Turkish borders with Europe. From there, the EU and other interested countries will now have to ensure the delivery of gas to end consumers across the continent ...
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![]() Kremlin uses Turkish Gambit tactics to outmanover EU gas policy bureaucratsThe new strategy of the Russian gas monopolist, Gazprom, envisages the construction of a new pipeline and delivering gas via it to the Turkish borders with Europe ...... |