Turkey boosts gas supplies direct from Russia

ANKARA: Turkey has increased gas delivered direct from Russia via the Blue-Stream pipeline under the Black Sea. According to the officials, gas supplies from the Blue-Stream line will rise to 41 million cubic metres per day from the usual 35 million cubic metres per day from Monday. Russia-Ukraine gas row has affected. supplies to several European countries. On Sunday an official said supplies of Russian gas to Turkey via a pipeline which crosses Ukraine had fallen by 2 million cubic metres per day but this did not pose any problems. A January 2006 row in which Russia, Turkey’s top gas supplier, also cut off supplies to Ukraine.