Hurriyet Daily News: Fragile Russia-Turkey Energy Ties Come Into the Open

The spillover from a serious military confrontation between Russia and Turkey was exposed immediately, almost within hours. The first, entirely expected impact was seen in the field of energy as Russia’s Gazprom announced that it would cut the capacity of the planned Turkish Stream pipeline, which will carry gas from Russia to Europethrough Turkey and Greece, by half. 

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Something should be underlined here: The project, which was suddenly decided by the strongmen of the two countries so as to create a playing field across Europe’s energy battlefield, could disappear within a single night, as there are very few people involved in the decision-making processes on such issues in Russia and Turkey right now. 

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