Russia's loud refusal from South Stream may turn out to be a bluff
Moscow – Kyiv, December 8 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) – Ukraine’s joy over the closure of the South Stream project may turn out to be premature. Despite the loud statements of the Russian authorities about the abandonment of the project, Gazprom itself is in no hurry to implement the decision to close the South Stream project. So far, only the pipe-laying vessel has been formally stopped, but it has not begun construction work. Instructions to denounce intergovernmental agreements with countries participating in the project...