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An
agreement on the gas pipeline will be signed by Greece and Russia
soon, perhaps next Tuesday, while the details were discussed during
the official visit of the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in
Moscow, according to reports of CIHAN website and the agency Ria
Novosti.
The
bilateral agreement, if signed, includes a payment of 5 billion euros
to Athens, while it is estimated that 3-5 billion will flow in
advance to the Greek budget by for transit of natural gas from Russia
to EU countries through Greek territory.
Moreover,
according to the Russian energy group Gazprom the cost of
construction of the Greek section of the new 'South' pipeline is
expected to reach 2 billion euros and extends from the Greek-Turkish
border to the border with FYROM. From there, will be expanded through
Serbia and Hungary to Austria.
The
pipeline will be built 'by private companies and will be fully in
line with the EU legislation. There will be no problem with the
European Commission' reported last week in the Ria Novosti a Greek
government source.
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... the details of the new
agreement show that Russia probably wants to put Greece back in
the game, seeing that there are dramatic changes in the political
landscape not only in Greece, but also in Europe that could change
dramatically the geopolitical status.
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