Russian officials reacted to the order of Bulgaria's PM Oresharski to temporarily suspend the construction of the South Stream pipeline in Bulgaria until it complies with EU law.
According to the Russian daily Kommersant, quoted by the BTA wire agency, Bulgaria changed its position on the project under US pressure. The decision, the newspaper wrote, is a threat of a permanent freeze of the Gazprom project to supply natural gas to Europe without middlemen.
The Russian news wire ITAR-TASS quoted the first deputy chairman of the international relations committee of the Russian Duma Leonid Kalashnikov who said “this was a true energy blackmail”.
“This European pressure on Russia is certainly connected to Ukraine,” he said. According to him, however, this was to be expected and Russia should develop closer cooperation with China and south east Asia instead. The chairman of the energy committee in the Russian Duma Ivan Grachov said that the suspension of the project “is not the end of the project”, because Europe had a vested interest in it.
Bulgarian Economy and Energy MinisterDragomir Stoynev has described the South Stream gas pipeline as an irreversible European project.
Stoynev, who is on a visit to China to attend an investment forum on Central and Eastern Europe, presented comments in response to Sunday's announcement of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski that Bulgaria was suspending the project until the settlement of the disagreements with the EU on it.
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Russian officials reacted to the order of Bulgaria's PM Oresharski to temporarily suspend the construction of the South Stream pipeline in Bulgaria until it complies with EU law.
According to the Russian daily Kommersant, quoted by the BTA wire agency, Bulgaria changed its position on the project under US pressure. The decision, the newspaper wrote, is a threat of a permanent freeze of the Gazprom project to supply natural gas to Europe without middlemen.
The Russian news wire ITAR-TASS quoted the first deputy chairman of the international relations committee of the Russian Duma Leonid Kalashnikov who said “this was a true energy blackmail”.
“This European pressure on Russia is certainly connected to Ukraine,” he said. According to him, however, this was to be expected and Russia should develop closer cooperation with China and south east Asia instead.
The chairman of the energy committee in the Russian Duma Ivan Grachov said that the suspension of the project “is not the end of the project”, because Europe had a vested interest in it.
Serbia Stops South Stream Gas Pipeline Too
http://www.novinite.com/articles/161162/Serbia+Stops+South+Stream+Gas+Pi...
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Bulgarian Energy Minister: South Stream Gas Pipeline Is Irreversible Project
http://www.novinite.com/articles/161155/Bulgarian+Minister%3A+South+Stre...
Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Dragomir Stoynev has described the South Stream gas pipeline as an irreversible European project.
Stoynev, who is on a visit to China to attend an investment forum on Central and Eastern Europe, presented comments in response to Sunday's announcement of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski that Bulgaria was suspending the project until the settlement of the disagreements with the EU on it.
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“The Pause for Safety Act”
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