Russia’s belated Greek gambit
Greece’s Alexis Tsipras, centre, and Russia’s Arkady Dvorkovich at the trade fair in Thessaloniki. (PA)
Now that the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project is back on the agenda, Russia is making a push for a new "southern corridor" that would see its gas pumped across Greece to the Balkans and Central Europe.
During a visit to the Greek port town of Thessaloniki on 10 September to attend an international trade fair, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich pitched the idea of a new east-west pipeline network with Greece at its epicentre.