VOL. XLII

No. 35

30-August-1999

FSU

Russia Says US Trying To Undermine Blue Stream

The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused the US Governmentof attempting to undermine the Blue Stream (Goluboi Potok) project. A statementreleased by the ministry on 18 August and carried by Itar-Tass said thatUS officials have made statements suggesting that countries that rely uponenergy supplies from Russia risk their political and economic independence.Some US officials, the statement said, "are insistently and...