16 January 2018, Moscow – Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Monday it plans to invest 182.4 billion roubles ($3.2 billion) this year in the TurkStream pipeline project and another 114.5 billion roubles in Nord Stream 2.
Moscow, dependent on oil and gas revenues, sees the pipelines to Turkey and Germany – TurkStream and Nord Stream 2 – as crucial to increasing its market share in Europe.
- Reuters