Vladimir Putin finally got what he’s been doggedly pursuing these past few years: a gas transit route into Europe that bypasses Ukraine. The Russian President inked a deal with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul earlier this week that would send more than 30 billion cubic meters of gas Turkey’s way every year. These supplies would transit two parallel pipelines on the seabed of the Black Sea, both operated by Gazprom. One would supply Turkey with discount gas while the other would supply other European customers.Let’s take these two proposed pipelines one at a time. The first, the one …read more
Source: The American Interest
