The management of Gazprom has expressed readiness to do without external payment During the construction of the " South stream ", said the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Russian holding company Alexander Medvedev. according to him, the project mechanisms of payment used on the projects Nord stream and Sakhalin-2 project." And I think that this tool will be used in the " South stream ", - said Medvedev, transmits " information Agency ". Before the European Commissioner for energy Gunther Oettinger said that the reason for the delay of the work on realization of the project " South stream " is Russia's position on the situation in Ukraine. Remember, last year the European Commission has launched an antitrust proceedings concerning the project " South stream ", which, it estimates, contrary to the provisions " of the 3rd energy package of the EU. Under this agreement the capital of Russia And the EU on the project were made even before the entry into force " of the 3rd energy package ". At the same time, the European Commission said that the bilateral agreement on South stream " with a number of European countries - Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia And Serbia - violate EU law. Because of this, in Brussels told, that will not allow Gazprom to launch the pipeline, if the Russian monopolist does not submit to the European regulations in the energy sector." South stream is a global infrastructure project of Gazprom on gas pipeline with a capacity of 63 billion cubic Meters via the Black sea to southern And Central Europe to diversify export routes for natural gas And exclude transit risks. The European Commission with own hand fears that this project will greatly extend Russia's influence in the European Union And will not give the opportunity to realize competitive European gas pipeline project " southern corridor ", which is obliged to link Europe with Central Asia bypassing Russia.
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