Novinite: Varna Plans Revolt against Russian-sponsored Gas Pipeline
Residents of Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna are preparing to stage a protest rally against the joint Russian-Bulgarian South Stream natural gas pipeline project.
They have prepared 9 questions to Russian gas giant Gazprom's CEO Alexey Miller regarding the environmental impact of the pipeline.
Varna people, whose houses are just 2 km away from the pipeline and will be directly affected by it, have sent an open letter with the questions. They say they are ready for civil unrest and are expecting the reaction and the opinion of Ivan Portnih, the newly-elected Mayor of Varna, who ran on the ticket of the formerly-ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB.