Gazprom: Russia will keep its word

A feasibility study for the South Stream pipeline will be ready by the end of 2010. Russia will keep its word regarding the deal with Serbia, Gazprom officials say. Gazprom: Russia will keep its word Gazprom-Export Vice-President Aleksandr Medvedev confirmed this to Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, emphasizing that any fears that the Russian side would not keep its part of the bargain were unfounded, though he also underlined that there were factors that the Gazprom Group had no influence over. "Every country has a political situation that could affect the project, both positively and negatively. There are political forces outside the Balkans that are not guided by economic interests, but are still trying to disrupt South Stream, leaving Europe without the possibility to satisfy its future natural gas demands, which, by all the indications, are going to increase” Medvedev said. B92, archive

Gazprom: Russia will keep its word

Gazprom-Export Vice-President Aleksandr Medvedev confirmed this to Belgrade daily Večernje Novosti, emphasizing that any fears that the Russian side would not keep its part of the bargain were unfounded, though he also underlined that there were factors that the Gazprom Group had no influence over.

"Every country has a political situation that could affect the project, both positively and negatively. There are political forces outside the Balkans that are not guided by economic interests, but are still trying to disrupt South Stream, leaving Europe without the possibility to satisfy its future natural gas demands, which, by all the indications, are going to increase” Medvedev said.