Though Russia and Turkey agreed to step up efforts to build the Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline at a meeting between Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month, some analysts said Moscow prefers the Balkan route.
Iako su se Rusija i Turska složile pojačati napore za izgradnju cjevovoda Samsun-Ceyhan tijekom sastanka Putina i njegova turskog kolege Recep Tayyip Erdogana prošlog mjeseca, neki analitičari kažu kako Moskva preferira balkansku rutu.