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Thursday 09 April 2015
The Kremlin sees Alexis Tsipras not merely a supplicant. In Putin’s plan for the reorganization of the gas business with Europe should play an important role in Greece Prime Minister. But playing with Athens?
As the chief gas Manager Russian President Vladimir Putin plans his new offensive on the European energy market as a secret action. Only four months ago, he had burst the trans-European pipeline South Stream project. The culprit was the Russian energy giant Gazprom the “boycotters” of the EU. However, “Gas-Putin” – as he is in his home called in allusion to the legendary healer Rasputin sometimes – announced almost in the same breath with the demise of the South Stream a new pipeline project: Turkish Stream
This new ones. line will result in future of the Russian city of Anapa, where the construction of South Stream had already begun by the Black Sea to Turkey and to the border of Greece. Also why the Russians have invited the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Moscow. “We want to persuade anyone,” Putin said at a meeting with the leaders in the Kremlin. But he stressed at the same time that Greece could enhance its “geopolitical status” by the billion project.
Hundreds of millions of euros revenue from the gas transit promise the Russians the highly indebted Greeks. It’s about 50 billion cubic meters of gas, which could lead annually through pipes to Western Europe. Not only the Russians are now eagerly whether Tsipras after clarification of all details strikes in the offer. This week already met in Budapest, Hungary, the Foreign Minister of the host country, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey. The interest of the countries in the project is large.
Approximately 660 km from the Black Sea to Turkish stream lead first. Already by the end of next year, Gazprom said first train – have moved – with the pipes of South Stream. From 2017, the Group plans to pump 15.57 billion cubic meters of gas through the pipeline to Turkey – for own consumption in the country. Whether Turkish stream then but in the future actually comes annually to the planned total capacity of 63 billion cubic meters, which guarantees after the failure of the South Stream time being no one.
Ukraine
on the siding
The resistance to Putin’s major new project is great this time. The EU wants to become less dependent on Russian gas. It therefore looks for alternatives to the authoritarian ex-Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan in the gas-rich Caspian Sea
The Ukraine -. So far the most important transit country for Russian gas supplies to the EU – fearing for their status and the billions of revenue from the Transit. Not only the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko criticized during a visit to his Turkish counterpart in Kiev recently Putin’s plans.
Even more clearly was the boss of the energy supplier Naftogaz, Andrej Kobolew. He asked indignantly why a new multibillion-dollar pipeline network should be built if it’s proven Ukrainian transit system is reliable. There is a risk for investors without benefits. The European countries would rather forced to buy Russian gas at the Turkish-Greek border.
More aboutBut times have for Gazprom in view of energy policy changes in the EU. The Russian offer to supply energy to the doorstep of EU consumers is passé. The customers in the EU, so the new line of Russians want to build their future lines themselves. This also means higher prices for consumers.
The Russians are optimistic that their gas supplies remain unbeatable even in the future model. Other variations are much too expensive, says the ambassador in Brussels, Vladimir Chizhov. The Russian looks to EU officials in the case of Turkish Stream a certain “pluralism” of opinions, but the willingness to talk about the project.
Source: n-tv.de
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