Bulgaria, and not the European Union, should be blamed for the demise of the South Stream project, Russian energy concern Gazprom’s CEO Alexey Miller has reiterated.Miller told a Russian TV channel on Sunday Bulgaria would lose the role of a transit country it is currently enjoying, carrying 18 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas to Turkey, Macedonia and Greece. “After the realization of the offshore pipeline project leading to Turkey all these volumes will be carried via Turkey, and not via Bulgaria,” he asserted. Miller’s estimates suggest the country’s total loss would be EUR 3 B a year if …read more
Source: Novinite
