{"id":163575,"date":"2010-06-15T09:33:57","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T09:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2010\/06\/15\/bulgarian-government-disavows-three-russian-energy-projects-210047-eng\/"},"modified":"2010-06-15T09:33:57","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T09:33:57","slug":"bulgarian-government-disavows-three-russian-energy-projects-210047-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/bulgarian-government-disavows-three-russian-energy-projects-210047-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulgarian government disavows three Russian energy projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><em>by Vladimir Socor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bulgarian government statements on June 11-12 have conclusively disavowed Russia&rsquo;s projects to build the South Stream gas pipeline, Burgas-Alexandropolis oil pipeline, and Belene nuclear power plant, on Bulgaria&rsquo;s territory.<\/p>\n<p>These announcements can not be surprising. The government, led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his GERB party, had suspended Bulgaria&rsquo;s implementation of the three projects on its territory immediately after taking office in July 2009, pending detailed re-examination of each. The suspension reflected a three-pronged policy: curtailing Russian influence in Bulgaria, cracking down on corruption generally (including Russian shadow business in Bulgaria&rsquo;s energy sector), and providing for Bulgaria&rsquo;s energy security, after Russia had proven an unreliable supplier with the January 2009 gas cutoff to Ukraine (blamed post-factum on Ukraine by Gazprom&rsquo;s West-European allies).<\/p>\n<p>The timing of Sofia&rsquo;s June 11-12 announcements underscores their significance. Whether coincidentally or not, it undercuts Moscow&rsquo;s June 7- June 10 public-relations efforts to resuscitate the moribund Burgas-Alexandropolis and South Stream projects.<\/p>\n<p>On June 12, Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marin Raikov declared that the EU-backed Nabucco gas transportation project constitutes &ldquo;Bulgaria&rsquo;s top priority,&rdquo; whereas &ldquo;South Stream raises many questions.&rdquo; Bulgaria has chosen Nabucco and the EU-planned Southern Corridor as &ldquo;model public-private sector partnerships [and] will work to conclude all procedures by the end of this year for starting construction work. Integrating Bulgaria&rsquo;s energy policy with that of the EU is the trade-mark of this government and tops the country&rsquo;s agenda,&rdquo; Raykov told an international energy conference in Sofia (BGNES, June 12).<\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria, like Hungary, has upgraded Nabucco to first national priority, while downgrading South Stream (to suspended status in Bulgaria&rsquo;s case, and third-place on the list of Hungary&rsquo;s priorities). In both countries, Socialist governments under Moscow-friendly leaders had lined up behind South Stream, followed by center-right governments who re-aligned with the Nabucco project. Raikov&rsquo;s statement underscores that choice in unprecedently stark terms.<\/p>\n<p>On June 11 and 12, Premier Borisov also used unprecedently strong language ruling out the construction of the Burgas- Alexandropolis oil transit pipeline on Bulgaria&rsquo;s territory. The Russian companies Transneft, Rosneft, and Gazpromneft hold a combined stake of 51 percent, Bulgaria 24.5 percent, and Greek interests another 24.5 in the project company. Borisov listed the project&rsquo;s disadvantages to Bulgaria: unacceptably long period of ammortization on investment, low transit revenue, and potential threat to Bulgaria&rsquo;s tourist economy on the Black Sea littoral near Burgas, where Russian tankers would unload oil into the planned transit pipeline on a daily basis. The residents of coastal towns have opposed the project overwhelmingly in referendums, after the Socialist government had signed on this project. (SofiaEcho, Novinite, BGNES, June 11, 12).<\/p>\n<p>Borisov made this statement in response to a query from the Greek ambassador, during a meeting with the EU countries&rsquo; ambassadors in Sofia. The insolvent Greek Socialist government, bailed out by the EU and threatened with exclusion from the Eurozone, hopes to finance the South Stream and Burgas-Alexandropolis pipelines with Russian money on Greek territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulgarian government has not yet completed the environmental impact and financial assessments on this oil transit project. It is clear, however, that the transit revenue would only amount to a fraction of the annual income generated by international tourism on the Bulgarian littoral. Thus, the ecological risks are not seen as disproportionate to any economic rationale of the Burgas-Alexandropolis project. Russia is interested in building this pipeline in order to maximize Russia&rsquo;s intake of Kazakhstani oil, for shipment via Novorissiysk and Burgas to Alexandropolis on the Greek Aegean coast. This interest is not a Bulgarian one, however.<\/p>\n<p>International media have interpreted Borisov&rsquo;s statements as signifying an official decision by Bulgaria to withdraw from the three projects. The statements are in fact a critique and implicit verdict without appeal. But Borisov and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov immediately clarified that the government had not taken an official decision to withdraw. Traikov&rsquo;s wording made clear that Sofia could not be blamed for these projects&rsquo; drawbacks (BTA, June 11, 12).<\/p>\n<p>Borisov described the Belene nuclear power plant project, led by Russia&rsquo;s Atomstroyexport, as a mere &ldquo;hole in the ground,&rdquo; where no work is being performed. The project lacks funding from a strategic investor. The pre-2009 cost estimate was Euro 4 billion, but the current Bulgarian government estimates it conservatively at Euro 10 billion. Moscow has offered to lend Euro 4 billion, then Euro 2 billion to Bulgaria to cover the latter&rsquo;s share of the funding. But even the Bulgarian Socialist government, which had initiated this project alongside Russia, balked at the risk of accepting Russian credits on such a scale. According to Borisov, the government is not going to divert funds from infrastructure investments, or education, to finance Belene (Novinite, SofiaEcho, BTA, June 11, 12).<\/p>\n<p>In a first reaction from Moscow, the governmental Rossiyskaya Gazeta (June 12, cited by BGNES) writes that Bulgaria &ldquo;delivered a heavy blow to Russian energy interests in the Balkans.&rdquo; And Gazprom&rsquo;s long-time partner in untransparent business, Rumen Ovcharov, blamed the United States for &ldquo;pressuring&rdquo; Bulgaria to disavow these projects (Novinite, June 11).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>Bulgarian government statements on June 11-12 have conclusively disavowed Russia\u2019s projects to build the South Stream gas pipeline, Burgas-Alexandropolis oil pipeline, and Belene nuclear power plant, on Bulgaria\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":163574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><em>by Vladimir Socor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bulgarian government statements on June 11-12 have conclusively disavowed Russia&rsquo;s projects to build the South Stream gas pipeline, Burgas-Alexandropolis oil pipeline, and Belene nuclear power plant, on Bulgaria&rsquo;s territory.<\/p>\n<p>These announcements can not be surprising. The government, led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his GERB party, had suspended Bulgaria&rsquo;s implementation of the three projects on its territory immediately after taking office in July 2009, pending detailed re-examination of each. The suspension reflected a three-pronged policy: curtailing Russian influence in Bulgaria, cracking down on corruption generally (including Russian shadow business in Bulgaria&rsquo;s energy sector), and providing for Bulgaria&rsquo;s energy security, after Russia had proven an unreliable supplier with the January 2009 gas cutoff to Ukraine (blamed post-factum on Ukraine by Gazprom&rsquo;s West-European allies).<\/p>\n<p>The timing of Sofia&rsquo;s June 11-12 announcements underscores their significance. Whether coincidentally or not, it undercuts Moscow&rsquo;s June 7- June 10 public-relations efforts to resuscitate the moribund Burgas-Alexandropolis and South Stream projects.<\/p>\n<p>On June 12, Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marin Raikov declared that the EU-backed Nabucco gas transportation project constitutes &ldquo;Bulgaria&rsquo;s top priority,&rdquo; whereas &ldquo;South Stream raises many questions.&rdquo; Bulgaria has chosen Nabucco and the EU-planned Southern Corridor as &ldquo;model public-private sector partnerships [and] will work to conclude all procedures by the end of this year for starting construction work. Integrating Bulgaria&rsquo;s energy policy with that of the EU is the trade-mark of this government and tops the country&rsquo;s agenda,&rdquo; Raykov told an international energy conference in Sofia (BGNES, June 12).<\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria, like Hungary, has upgraded Nabucco to first national priority, while downgrading South Stream (to suspended status in Bulgaria&rsquo;s case, and third-place on the list of Hungary&rsquo;s priorities). In both countries, Socialist governments under Moscow-friendly leaders had lined up behind South Stream, followed by center-right governments who re-aligned with the Nabucco project. Raikov&rsquo;s statement underscores that choice in unprecedently stark terms.<\/p>\n<p>On June 11 and 12, Premier Borisov also used unprecedently strong language ruling out the construction of the Burgas- Alexandropolis oil transit pipeline on Bulgaria&rsquo;s territory. The Russian companies Transneft, Rosneft, and Gazpromneft hold a combined stake of 51 percent, Bulgaria 24.5 percent, and Greek interests another 24.5 in the project company. Borisov listed the project&rsquo;s disadvantages to Bulgaria: unacceptably long period of ammortization on investment, low transit revenue, and potential threat to Bulgaria&rsquo;s tourist economy on the Black Sea littoral near Burgas, where Russian tankers would unload oil into the planned transit pipeline on a daily basis. The residents of coastal towns have opposed the project overwhelmingly in referendums, after the Socialist government had signed on this project. (SofiaEcho, Novinite, BGNES, June 11, 12).<\/p>\n<p>Borisov made this statement in response to a query from the Greek ambassador, during a meeting with the EU countries&rsquo; ambassadors in Sofia. The insolvent Greek Socialist government, bailed out by the EU and threatened with exclusion from the Eurozone, hopes to finance the South Stream and Burgas-Alexandropolis pipelines with Russian money on Greek territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulgarian government has not yet completed the environmental impact and financial assessments on this oil transit project. It is clear, however, that the transit revenue would only amount to a fraction of the annual income generated by international tourism on the Bulgarian littoral. Thus, the ecological risks are not seen as disproportionate to any economic rationale of the Burgas-Alexandropolis project. Russia is interested in building this pipeline in order to maximize Russia&rsquo;s intake of Kazakhstani oil, for shipment via Novorissiysk and Burgas to Alexandropolis on the Greek Aegean coast. This interest is not a Bulgarian one, however.<\/p>\n<p>International media have interpreted Borisov&rsquo;s statements as signifying an official decision by Bulgaria to withdraw from the three projects. The statements are in fact a critique and implicit verdict without appeal. But Borisov and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov immediately clarified that the government had not taken an official decision to withdraw. Traikov&rsquo;s wording made clear that Sofia could not be blamed for these projects&rsquo; drawbacks (BTA, June 11, 12).<\/p>\n<p>Borisov described the Belene nuclear power plant project, led by Russia&rsquo;s Atomstroyexport, as a mere &ldquo;hole in the ground,&rdquo; where no work is being performed. The project lacks funding from a strategic investor. The pre-2009 cost estimate was Euro 4 billion, but the current Bulgarian government estimates it conservatively at Euro 10 billion. Moscow has offered to lend Euro 4 billion, then Euro 2 billion to Bulgaria to cover the latter&rsquo;s share of the funding. But even the Bulgarian Socialist government, which had initiated this project alongside Russia, balked at the risk of accepting Russian credits on such a scale. According to Borisov, the government is not going to divert funds from infrastructure investments, or education, to finance Belene (Novinite, SofiaEcho, BTA, June 11, 12).<\/p>\n<p>In a first reaction from Moscow, the governmental Rossiyskaya Gazeta (June 12, cited by BGNES) writes that Bulgaria &ldquo;delivered a heavy blow to Russian energy interests in the Balkans.&rdquo; And Gazprom&rsquo;s long-time partner in untransparent business, Rumen Ovcharov, blamed the United States for &ldquo;pressuring&rdquo; Bulgaria to disavow these projects (Novinite, June 11).<\/p>\n<div class='heateorSssClear'><\/div><div  class='heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing' data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/bulgarian-government-disavows-three-russian-energy-projects-210047-eng\/' data-heateor-sss-no-counts=\"1\"><div class='heateor_sss_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\" ><\/div><div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" 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