Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 34

24-Aug-2009

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Putins Visit To Ankara Signals Partial Shift In Russian Gas Strategy

Russias Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Turkeys Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a protocol in Ankara in early August, for Turkish participation in the South Stream gas pipeline (MEES, 10 August). This agreement appears to represent at least a partial revision of a major policy decision Mr Putin, took immediately after Ukraines orange revolution, of...