“Turkish Stream” turned out to be much worse for Ukraine than expected
Ukraine paid virtually no attention to the construction of the Turkish Stream, although its launch carries much more serious risks for the transit of Russian gas through its territory than the construction of Nord Stream 2.
Gennady Ryabtsev, director of special projects at the Psyche Scientific and Technical Center, stated this in a conversation with a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“The launch of the Turkish Stream means the loss of transit through the Ukrainian gas transportation system in the amount of about 15 billion cubic meters. At the same time, there is a high probability that after the completion of the onshore part of this pipeline, the Bulgarian section, these losses may increase.
Now Bulgaria buys about 3 billion cubic meters of Russian gas. But in 2021 this section will be completed and this will close all possibilities for gas transit to Southern and South-Eastern Europe. It is strange that much more attention is paid to the construction of Nord Stream 2, although it, unlike the Turkish Stream, is a direct competitor of the Polish route, not the Ukrainian one.
However, for some reason, all resources were focused on opposing the construction of Nord Stream 2, although the Turkish Stream threatens the future of the Ukrainian gas transportation system much more. There was complete silence about the Turkish Stream; it looked as if no one even knew that this pipeline was being built. It is the southern routes that are direct competitors of the Ukrainian “pipe”. Before the completion of the Turkish Stream, the Ukrainian route was the shortest route for gas supplies to Southern and Southeast Europe. Now it’s gone,” Ryabtsev said.
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