Ankara signed an intergovernmental agreement on gas pipeline project Nabucco, which would be to bypass Ukraine and Russia. According to the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, is its construction not just likely but inevitable. As a result, Turkmenistan, the main buyer of gas which is Ukraine will receive direct access to European markets, which could lead to higher prices for fuel for our country.

The main heroes of yesterday's ceremony in Ankara were the prime ministers of five countries through which the pipeline should be the future Nabucco. That the Heads of Government of Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria signed an agreement on the beginning of the project. This event marks the end of long and painstaking negotiations between the EU and Turkey: Ankara initially required for up to 15% of the total transfer of the gas pipe. Now the claim is withdrawn.

remind Russia's South Stream project to this stage has not yet been reached: to have an agreement on its implementation has not signed key players - Italy.

Russia in recent months has been actively negotiating with Turkey, trying to dissuade her from taking part in Nabucco and offering alternative projects such as pipe threads second Blue Stream. But yesterday, Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Russia presented a surprise, expressing the hope that one day, and Russian gas will be transported to Europe for the Nabucco. In fact, the word refers to the Turkish prime minister that he believed that Russia would soon abandon hopes to build South Stream, and the problems with the transport of gas through Ukraine it will continue - and Moscow would be forced to use the services of Nabucco.

that the Russian gas in the long run can be started in Nabucco, said yesterday as the U.S. President's Special Representative Richard Morningstar and Prime Bulgaria Sergei Stanishev.

According to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is not dangerous for the future of Nabucco, and the second key challenge of this project - the lack of a reliable resource base. The first phase of the pipeline will do the Azeri gas. Subsequently, we expect to receive for the Nabucco gas from Turkmenistan, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, as well as LNG, which will be delivered on tankers from Qatar, - said Turkish Prime Minister. Indeed, in anticipation of the signing of an agreement in Ankara at the end of last week's readiness to participate in the project officially declared president of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The latter, incidentally, even arrived in Ankara yesterday for the ceremony and said that Iraq was ready to give Nabucco 15 billion cubic meters of gas a year - that is, almost half of design capacity of the pipeline.

Following the signing of the agreement has become more evident that the Nabucco significantly ahead of South Stream through consolidated the political support of virtually the whole of Europe. Head of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso to look at yesterday's ceremony this triumfatorom. In the past, people said that the project will not pass. Now I believe that the construction of this pipeline is not even a likely, but inevitable, - he said. Moreover, the head of the European Commission added that the project could open the door to a new era of cooperation between the EU and Turkey.

South Stream consolidated the support of such claim can not. Moreover, the number of his supporters may be reduced if the new government of Bulgaria headed by Boyko Borisov - leader of the party, which won the recent parliamentary elections. He actively opposed the joint economic projects with Russia, which launched the current Premier Sergey Stanishev. However, myself and Mr Stanishev yesterday put his signature under the agreement, saying: I do not think that Russia, directly or indirectly, will hamper the implementation of the project.

Finally, an important advantage of Nabucco is that this project, as the managing director of Nabucco Gas Pipeline International Reinhard Mitshek already have money. In May this year, the European Investment Bank has expressed willingness to invest in the project to 25% of its value, that is, approximately 2 billion euro. According to Mr. Mitsheka, despite the crisis, those plans will not be reviewed. South Stream, as is known, is a more expensive project (from 19 billion euros to 24 billion euros to 7.9 billion euros from Nabucco), and as long as the money for its implementation, European banks have not promised.

next step for the Nabucco project should be the signing of agreements between the five participating countries and the Nabucco Gas Pipeline International Company - this should happen before the end of the year.
For Ukraine, the creation of

Nabucco cheaper than the alternative project - South Stream. This agreement puts the cross on the project South Stream, which was supposed to send about 20 billion cubic meters of Russian gas, bypassing Ukraine, - said Adviser to the Prime Minister, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex Alexander Hudyma (BYuT). In addition, the construction of Nabucco, he said, depriving Ukraine of risk reduction in transit, and potentially allows gas to bypass Russia: In theory, Nabucco could be connected to the gas transportation system of Ukraine through Bulgaria and Romania, and we will be able to receive small amounts of gas to south, which will diversify the supply of gas.

On the other hand, the construction of Nabucco may have negative consequences for Ukraine. Having obtained direct access to European markets, Turkmenistan will increase the price of gas. As the Ukraine, Gazprom has traditionally sells Central gas, which means that to make concessions on the price of the Russian monopoly will not be, - said a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex Sergei Tulub (Party regions).

In addition, approval of a plan to build Nabucco put a cross on the Yulia Tymoshenko plans to build a gas pipeline White Streame, noted the Deputy Director of Science and Technology Center Psyche Gennadij Ryabtsev. At the beginning of last year, Ukraine has submitted the European community that the gas project as an alternative to Nabucco project capacity 31 billion cubic meters. According to government estimates, the savings in its construction could reach $ 2 billion, however, experts said then that, to preserve its energy the EU will not save.

Michael Zygar, Oleg Havrysh

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