South Stream Revolution

摘要

Russian state Gazprom is ready to reduce its 50% stake in the South Stream pipeline to make room for EDF to take more than the 10% originally flagged to go to the French company, with the bigger stake coming from both Eni and Gazprom's 50% shares, Gazprom insiders say. This marks a radical departure, as a proposal earlier this year to reduce Gazprom's stake to less than a controlling 51% in the Nord Stream pipeline in order to make it a European project was rejected by Russian Premier Vladimir Putin, sources claim.