Energy poker with variable dominance

According to Dr. Altmann Bulgaria’s current behavior is explained by the difference in financial burden, which means two energy project for her. While South Stream is built mostly with Russian equipment, which is profitable, ie smoothly for Bulgaria, with the means available to it for the Burgas-Alexandroupolis project are far from assured.

Dr. Altman: Bulgaria may be surrounded
„Of course, to make an attempt to cost at least ponamalyat Bourgas-Alexandroupolis project. Finance in Sofia now are not very prosperous, and therefore understand the desire of Bulgaria to start this game of poker. On the other hand comes time for Bulgaria to take its decision – for example the Nabucco.
Some say it can receive natural gas from two different places, but hinted in Moscow during the talks, Mr Putin in Ankara that Bulgaria may be surrounded, ie South Stream can not be built, but to carry gas through Turkey to Western Europe, „Altman states. He did not commit to estimate whether such a threat will be truly realized, but recalls that in Ankara and then in the presence of Italians was spoken for geographical studies of the Black Sea region and for the opportunity to build a direct pipeline to Turkey. So circumvention of Bulgaria is one possible option. From the perspective of political scientist Germany Bulgaria as an EU Member State should lay greater degree of European energy map – ie the alternative Nabucco project. As to the Burgas-Alexandroupolis:
„I think there Bulgaria could afford some time playing poker, because Russia is interested in building a pipeline with which to circumvent the Bosphorus and to provide inputs to the Mediterranean, and thence to Western Europe. As for the South Stream I think this is a project in which Europe viewed with concern because it is direct competition from Nabucco.
I would isolate Russia in Bulgaria?
I think that Bulgaria should initially pay more attention and give greater importance to the Nabucco pipeline. If it appears that South Stream is the only addition, which was welcomed by the Europeans, it is also Bulgaria’s commitment will be fine, „said Germany’s expert.
In other words poker energy between Bulgaria and Russia are playing with alternating dominance. For the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline has the advantage of Bulgaria, including the grounds that it is a project that is much more advanced and difficult to stop, while South Trumps flow into Russia, which could isolate from Bulgaria participation in it.

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Bistra Uzunova, Deutsche Welle

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