Bulgaria’s president played down on Tuesday any responsibility for the shelving by Russia of the multi-billion-dollar South Stream gas pipeline project to deliver Russian gas to Europe.
“It is clear to everyone that South Stream is not a project only between Russia and Bulgaria but between Russia and the EU… The decision is entirely in the hands of Russia and the European Union,” Rosen Plevneliev told journalists.
Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly announced on Monday that Moscow was drawing the curtain on what for half-a-decade has been one of Kremlin’s flagship projects, pointing a finger at Bulgaria for blocking work on its …read more
Source: Herald LIVE
