- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan backs the Kremlin’s idea of creating an international gas hub in Turkey and wants his government to quickly present implementation plans, Turkish media reported Friday (14 October).
- In the capital of Kazakhstan Astana, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Thursday piping more natural gas to southern Europe via Turkey following the near total disruption of Russian supplies via the Nord Stream project.
- A new distribution centre would take years to complete and require massive investments that Russia might not be able to afford as its economy shrinks from the impact of Western sanctions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine.
Erdogan instructs government to start work on Russian gas hub
