When Putin told reporters that Moscow would no longer be pursuing the so-called South Stream gas pipeline into Europe last December, analysts called it a blow against the Russian president’s strategic goals in the continent. South Stream, after all, was intended to allow Gazprom gas to find its way to European customers without transiting Ukraine, whose relationship with Russia is… strained at the moment.Shortly thereafter, the Kremlin announced that it would be pursuing a “Turkish Stream” alternative, and this week Gazprom and Ankara seemed to finalize a deal to move forward with that pipeline. Though anonymous Turkish officials refused to …read more
Source: The American Interest
