South Stream costs 'soar to $39bn'

Symbolic: welding of two sections of the South Stream pipeline at start of construction in December

The cost of the South Stream gas pipeline being built from Russia to southern Europe has reportedly soared due to the need to upgrade the Russian trunkline network to connect with the new route.

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