Russia and the rival routes for natural gas supply
Thursday, June 28, 2007
President Putin’s participation in the reunion of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization – held last Monday in Istanbul – shows that it was not an ordinary meeting. The participants discussed the key issues of transport routes for gas and oil to the European market. Russia makes all the efforts to keep control over these routes, but some of the participants – among which Romania – wish to break the Russian monopoly.A reason for tension among the 12 participants at the ...