For Russia the fate of 280 kilometers pipeline in the Balkans is almost insensitive

Moscow pursues a transit nightmare, the newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta. In their attempts to get rid of the transit problem with Ukraine and Belarus Moscow fell into another trap – that of potential transit countries of Bulgaria and Slovenia. Russian experts are hoping for progress in the realization of South Stream and Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline. According to them, Moscow will not abandon alternative pipelines, even if relations with Ukraine is sharply improved.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin put the Boyko Borisov at their meeting in Gdansk ultimatum: Bulgaria is soon time to decide to build it together with Russia pipeline Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline, „wrote the special correspondent of the Moscow edition Kommersant“ Andrey Kolesnikov. When did it in such shape that the correspondent seemed: more and Vladimir Putin will return to the Bulgarian Turks Shipka.Toy made clear that Russia, who are used to measure its contribution to the „thousand miles“ oil, fate some of its 280 kilometers. the Balkans is almost indifferent.

According to information from Kommersant recently meeting with his Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, Putin has already discussed the issue of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline and has already had a preliminary agreement that oil will in fact take a different route – via Turkey. Largely been resolved, even matter. It seems the time of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline is really past, concludes the publication.

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