Putin and Juncker Could Sketch Deal on Europe Gas Link
- Leaders may discuss Nord Stream 2 pipeline this week in Russia
- Gazprom-led consortium says work on undersea link progressing
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Jean-Claude Juncker and Vladimir Putin may offer clues about the way forward for a controversial project to expand Russia’s gas interconnections with Europe this week.
The European Commission president meets the Russian leader at a conference in St. Petersburg and may discuss ways a Gazprom PJSC-led consortium could be allowed to double the capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline which carries Russian natural gas to Germany. The project has divided EU governments concerned about the bloc’s dependence on Russian gas and Putin’s meddling in Ukraine.