Russia hasn't dropped idea of new gas route to south Europe: Putin

Reuters

Published Jun 17, 2016 04:34PM ET

Russia hasn't dropped idea of new gas route to south Europe: Putin

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Russia still wants a new pipeline route to export gas to southern Europe despite the cancellation of the South Stream gas project, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

Putin said the expansion of the Nord Stream pipeline, under the Baltic Sea, was not an alternative to the canceled South Stream route.