Competing Russian route shown on right for a gas line through the Baltic region. Co-financed by Germany, the lines is designed to by-pass traditional Soviet-era routes through the Ukraine and Belarus.

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The press, on the same day, reported another 300km Russian-oil pipeline from Bargas and Alexandroupolis thereby bypassing the Bosphorus. Planned eleven years ago, the Euro 600 million project was co-signed by Russia, Bulgaria and Greece. An American group, AMBO, is planning a 900 km east-west pipeline to the Adriatic coast in Albania linked to Bargas.

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