He announced this on the air of the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin. "
“Construction work is ongoing, in progress. The contractor guarantees that they will be completed in a timely manner, ”Novak quotes TASS.
Earlier, the Gazprom subsidiary of South Stream Transport BV, which is building the offshore section of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, confirmed that the Amsterdam District Court arrested 100% of its shares.
It was noted that “this circumstance will in no way affect the construction work or operation of the gas pipeline.
On October 4, Gazprom announced that both lines of Turkish Stream would be launched before the end of this year.
Later, Serbian President Alexander Vučić said that part of the gas pipeline passing through the territory of Serbia will be completed before the end of the year.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called the Turkish Stream project profitable for all European countries.
On October 21, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Bulgaria had informed Russia about the start of the construction of a section for gas transportation along the second branch of the Turkish Stream.