Bulgaria Starts Getting Transit-Free Russian Gas Via TurkStream - Bulgargaz

 Bulgaria's Bulgargaz and Russia's Gazprom have agreed for Bulgaria to start receiving Russian gas directly from the TurkStream pipeline rather than through Romania starting 1 January to save some 81 million leva ($45 million), the Bulgarian gas company has said in a statement...........https://sptnkne.ws/ASKY

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