Thursday, March 31, 2011

turkey, russia: Battle over a pipeline

"turkey, russia: Battle over a pipeline

Russia and Turkey have locked horns over Moscows South Stream gas pipeline project as Ankara is putting off its approval of the route to bargain for lower gas prices.

The pipeline project to pump gas through the Balkans and into other European countries was announced in 2007 and is seen as a rival to the European Nabucco project, which will bypass Russia."

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