New Pipeline To Europe Ends Ukraine's Blackmail And Thievery Of Russian Gas
The launch of the first stage of the Nord Stream Germany Italy France gas pipeline signals the loss of Ukrane's exclusive status as a transit nation between Russia and its European customers. "Ukraine is our long-time, traditional partner. As any transit country, it faces a constant temptation to abuse its position," Russian Prime Minister Putin said as he was launching the Nord Stream pipeline on Tuesday. "Now this exclusive status is no more," he stressed. The head of the Russian government expects Moscow's relations with Kiev to become more civilized now, he added. The Nord Stream pipeline delivers natural gas from Russia directly to Germany over the seabed of the Baltic Sea. It is not dependent on any third party to supply the fuel. A similar pipeline project, South Stream, which is to deliver gas to Europe via the Black Sea, is now one step closer to coming into life, head of the Russian gas giant Gazprom announced on Tuesday. Aleksey Miller said the German, French, Italian and Russian partners in the project have come to an agreement over the stakes they will have in it. The sharing deal is to be penned on September 16, he told Vladimir Putin. Ukraine has had several rounds of debates with Russia, which affected the transit of natural gas to Europe. The last such incident in 2008 stirred from an unsettled Ukrainian debt and resulted in Russia cutting supply to Ukraine. In response, Kiev began siphoning off gas bound for European customers, which ended with a 13-day ...
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The launch of the first stage of the Nord Stream Germany Italy France gas pipeline signals the loss of Ukrane's exclusive status as a transit nation between Russia and its European customers. "Ukraine is our long-time, traditional partner. As any transit country, it faces a constant temptation to abuse its position," Russian Prime Minister Putin said as he was launching the Nord Stream pipeline on Tuesday. "Now this exclusive status is no more," he stressed. The head of the Russian government expects Moscow's relations with Kiev to become more civilized now, he added. The Nord Stream pipeline delivers natural gas from Russia directly to Germany over the seabed of the Baltic Sea. It is not dependent on any third party to supply the fuel. A similar pipeline project, South Stream, which is to deliver gas to Europe via the Black Sea, is now one step closer to coming into life, head of the Russian gas giant Gazprom announced on Tuesday. Aleksey Miller said the German, French, Italian and Russian partners in the project have come to an agreement over the stakes they will have in it. The sharing deal is to be penned on September 16, he told Vladimir Putin. Ukraine has had several rounds of debates with Russia, which affected the transit of natural gas to Europe. The last such incident in 2008 stirred from an unsettled Ukrainian debt and resulted in Russia cutting supply to Ukraine. In response, Kiev began siphoning off gas bound for European customers, which ended with a 13-day
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