Gas pipeline to Turkey to reduce risks of gas transit via Ukraine to zero — Gazprom CEO
The construction of a gas pipeline under the Black Sea to Turkey will make it possible to reduce to zero the risks linked with natural gas transit via Ukraine, Aleksey Miller, CEO of Russia’s natural gas monopoly Gazprom said on Rossiya 24 TV channel on Tuesday, according to TASS.
“The gas pipeline construction to Turkey will nullify the risks related to the natural gas transit via Ukraine,” he said.
On December 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that “Russia in the current conditions cannot implement the South Stream project.” Gazprom CEO Miller said for his part that the South Stream project was no longer relevant. “The project is closed. This is it,” he told journalists, commenting on the results of the top-level Russia-Turkey talks.