Strong Words over South Stream moves

Serbian President, Boris Tadic, and Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, agreed on the route of the South Stream gas pipeline behind Gazprom’s back, the Russian newspaper Komersant writes Tuesday.

The article points out the two have decided the pipe would cross the border between their countries in the area of the Serbian town of Dimitrovgrad, despite Gazprom opposing this version because it lengthens the route and makes the Russian-funded project more expensive.

“Belgrade has always been interested in this route, but failed to convince Gazprom and now is making attempts to use Sofia to achieve its goal while the latter, until recently, blackmailed Moscow with refusals to partake in South Stream,” the author says.

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