The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom continues to pursue the goal of maximizing the sales of natural gas to Europe, convincing European partners of the need to develop a gas infrastructure that transmits gas bypassing the territory of Ukraine, Chief Commercial Director of Naftogaz, Yuriy Vitrenko, said at a conference on the development of commodity exchange market Thursday.
The Nord Stream gas pipeline, which Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom uses to transport natural gas along the bottom of the Baltic Sea to the EU countries bypassing Ukraine, has stopped operations for scheduled repairs on September 11-22, according to the website of Nord Stream AG, operator of the gas pipeline.
Backstage gambits done by ex- KGB and Stasi agents and connections between politics and big business – according to investigative journalist Jens Hovsgaard, this is what circumstances around construction of Nord Stream looked like, Poalnd’s Biznes Alert reports.
The European Union is seeking a mandate from its members to negotiate with Russia over plans for a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea to Germany, an EU document showed, as some EU states fret the project will make Europe too reliant on Russian energy, according to Reuters.