VOL. XLIII

No. 03

17-January-2000

CASPIAN

Russian Officials Sign Documents For Blue Stream Go-Ahead

Prior to resigning as President of the Russian Federation on 31 December, Boris Yeltsin on 30 December signed two documents concerning the proposed Blue Stream gas project, which would carry 16bn cu ms/year of Russian natural gas to Turkey via an underwater pipeline across the Black Sea. One document ratifies the agreement between Russia and Turkey on tax concessions, while the other ratifies the...