Bulgaria Halts South Stream Pipeline Again As NATO F-15s, Troops Arrive!
- The great game, the Grand Chessboard, for world conquest is in play. All such moves are obviously directed at Russia. It is to break Russia’s economic ties with western Europe. It is the path towards war in Europe.
– - Bulgaria Halts South Stream Pipeline Again As NATO F-15s, Troops Arrive!
by Tyler Durden, www.zerohedge.com
As we detailed previously, Bulgaria had been an enthusiastic supporter of the Russian-backed South Stream gas pipeline project, whose construction has stoked tensions between the West and Moscow as it enabled gas supply to bypass troubled Ukraine (thus squeezing the desparate economy back into Russia’s hands). In early June, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski ordered an initial halt (after Europe offered the nation’s suddenly collapsing banking system a lifeline). This time, Energy Minister Vasil Shtonov has ordered Bulgaria’s Energy Holding to halt any actions in regards of the project as it does not meet the requirements of the European Commission. Of course, we assume this decision (to halt a 2nd time) is entirely independent of NATO’s deployment of 12 F-15s and 180 troops to Bulgaria’s Graf Ignatievo Air Base.
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