The countries of Southern and Central Europe will be able to receive Russian gas on a new route from January 1, 2020. This was announced by the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak. According to him, the implementation of the project "Turkish Stream" is on schedule. According to the intergovernmental agreement between Moscow and Ankara, a gas pipeline consisting of two lines will be laid from the coast of the Russian Federation to Turkey along the bottom of the Black Sea.. One is for Turkish consumers, the second is for European. The construction of the offshore section is in full swing and will be completed by the end of this year.. "By January 1, 2020, it will be possible to supply gas already via the Turkish Stream, in two ways, with a total capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters of gas," Novak told Russia 24 on air.. A number of European countries have already declared their interest in a new route for the supply of Russian fuel.. In the near future, the Russian Federation will have to choose where to pull the pipe. "There is an option Greece and Italy.

There are options for gas supplies through Turkey to Bulgaria, then Serbia, Hungary and Austria, "the minister shared.. He noted that now in all these countries is expanding the gas transportation infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia does not hide the fact that the priority route of the second line of the Turkish Stream is the Bulgarian-Austrian direction. Recall that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from the Russian Federation to Germany and further to European countries should be launched at the end of 2019.