... coming from the EU against Russia and at this challenging moment Moscow needs to develop a counter move to break the containment. Here the signing of the Turkish Stream project with Ankara is a solution. Russia gains new leverage vis-à-vis the European Union by officially incorporating the Turkish Stream into the picture. In that sense, Russia will be able to use Turkish Stream as an instrument in its negotiations with EU for its larger aims. With this development, instead of established bilateral energy relations, now there is a more ...
... keeping the Ukrainian transit, which is a purely political stance. It does not have any economic basis," he said, answering a question during an interview with RIA Novosti of why Brussels is not seeking to enhance cooperation with Russia on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project through the Black Sea and Greece that bypasses Ukraine.
The European Union will not be able to continue providing Kiev with financial support if Ukraine announces default due to the EU's legislation, Vladimir Chizhov said.
"Yes, if a default is announced, they cannot continue financial support according to ...
... supported by the media, – Bonapartesque moves occasionally helpful in times of changes.
Finally, a few words about the gas issue. The scene for Vucic’s visit
was set by President Nicolic’s loud statements
ruling out the option of the Turkish Stream and Vucic’s own call to “
reduce dependency on Russian gas
”. And, although it does look like a direct threat to Russian investments in the region, Serbia likely has an ulterior motive. Looking at the map of the Trans ...
... needed to build the 740-km section of the pipeline on Hungarian territory.
Hungary’s president Janos Ader stated during his visit to Turkey in March 2015 that Turkey needed to “get a move on” with preparing its plan for financing the Turkish Stream, since “
there are also alternative proposals on the European Union’s table
”. In view of the fact that
Gazprom intends to cease supplying gas via Ukraine in 2019
, when its contract with Naftogaz of Ukraine expires, the energy future of the Balkan peninsular countries and South-East Europe ...
... Greece is an integral part of the European Union), but the very fact that such statements can be heard gives us hope that the European Union’s position with regard to Russia could be starting to change.
Despite the lack of high-profile results in ... ... find areas of common interest, most significantly in the energy sector. While he is far from enamoured with the name of the Turkish Stream project (anti-Turkish sentiment is still strong in Greek political discourse), Mr. Tsipras nevertheless noted that ...
