I lavori per la South Stream (che bypassa completamente l'Ucraina) continuano. La commissione Europea, viste le tensioni politiche, aveva invitato ad uno stop alle operazioni di costruzione nei paesi Ue o aspiranti tali (vedi Bulgaria).
It was also in January when EU authorities ordered Bulgaria to suspend construction on its link of the pipeline, which is planned to transport Russian natural gas through the Black Sea to Bulgaria and onward to western Europe. Brussels wants the project frozen, pending a decision on whether it violates the EU competition regulations on a single energy market
La Bulgaria ha fatto maramiao e ieri è stata l'Austria a fare maramiao all'Ue siglando un accordo (Gazprom e Omv) per portare il South Stream verso Vienna.
As Reuters reports, "the chief executives of Russia's Gazprom and Austria's OMV sealed the deal to build a branch of the South Stream gas pipeline to Austria, a staunch defender of the project in the face of opposition from the European Commission."