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 Russian gas monopolist Gazprom admits the new U.S. sanctions pose risks for the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream gas pipeline projects designed to bypass Ukraine, according to the company's report for the third quarter of 2017, which is available to UNIAN.
Russian energy monopoly Gazprom has completed the preparatory work on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline and intends to start laying its sea section in the coming days, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller told Russian President Vladimir Putin at their latest meeting, Prime news agency reports.