Russia and Turkey could not agree on gas price

Russian Gazprom and Turkey until no consensus about the price for gas in 2015, said the Minister of energy and natural resources of Turkey Taner Yildiz.
"We had two meetings on gas prices in 2015, but as long as without reaching an agreement," he said, Minister RIA " Novosti ". He added that low oil prices weaken Turkey's position in the negotiations, and the parties have the opportunity to spend their third round in the near future. According to Yildiz, due to the cold weather in January in Turkey has increased the consumption of natural gas, which has reached over the last 10 days to 2 billion cubic meters. Fixed absolute maximum gas consumption in Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa, Eskisehir and Kocaeli. First on Wednesday it was announced that the Russian Federation has decided to redirect the gas coming into the European Union through Ukraine, Turkey. In response to this, the Vice-President of the Commission on energenius Maros Sefcovic said that the Decision of Gazprom to create a " Turkish stream harms the image of the organization. Before Wednesday, the Head of Gazprom Alexei Miller said that the project " South stream is closed, for Europe there are no other options for removing the risks of transit through Ukraine, in addition to the new pipeline to the Turkish stream. December 8, Gazprom announced the creation of the enterprise for the construction of a gas pipeline to Turkey. Turkey is the second largest market for Gazprom after Germany. In 2013, Gazprom exported to Turkey 26, 6 billion cubic meters of gas. Gas supplies from Russia to Turkey carried out by the gas pipeline "Blue stream" and TRANS-Balkan pipeline. First of manufacturers of steel pipes in Russia said that the entire volume of production stopped for "South stream" will be redirected to the new pipeline to Turkey. on 1 December the head of centuries Putin said that the Russian Federation cannot in the present circumstances to continue implementation of the " South stream ". A decision about this, as later said the Minister of energy Alexander Novak, took, himself, the head of Putin. The head of Gazprom Alexey Miller confirmed that the project is closed and return to it will not.


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