Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 24

14-Jun-2010

CASPIAN

Russia Threatens To Stop Support For Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline

Russias Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko told a press conference in Moscow on 9 June that Russia will stop its financial support for the Burgas-Alexandroupolis project by September if the Bulgarian government impedes progress on the pipeline and rejects an environmental impact assessment study due to be submitted by the Trans-Balkan Pipeline (TBL) consortium in late...