State and Prospects of Russia–Turkey Energy Relations

... first shipments intended for Turkish consumers. It should be noted, however, that at the recent RIAC roundtable meeting on Russia–EU relations during the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union held on November 2, 2016, European energy experts decisively rejected Russia’s proposal to supply natural gas via the Turkish Stream project, which challenges the success of Gazprom’s plans to stop gas transit via Ukraine after the current contract expires in 2019, as well as the very creation of a gas hub. Electric Power Industry Another key area of Russia–Turkey ...