Ukraine"s new authorities are seeking a...
as the construction of the Kremlin-backed Nord Stream and South Stream gas pipelines bypassing Ukraine will marginalize the ex-Soviet republic, the paper said.The details of an international consortium to manage Ukraine"s gas transportation system are not yet known but the source said that Russia, Ukraine and the European Union are expected to have equal stakes in it.
Ukraine"s gas transportation system is Europe"s second largest gas pipeline network and the main route for Russian natural gas supplies to European consumers. In early 2000, Kiev and Moscow discussed the possibility of creating a gas transport consortium with the involvement of European partners to manage and modernize Ukraine"s Soviet-era gas pipeline network.
However, when West-leaning President Viktor Yushchenko came to power in Ukraine as a result of the so-called "orange revolution" in 2004, the project was put on hold.
Russia has consistently tried to get a stake in the Ukrainian
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