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This was the last detail to be worked out on the ambitious pan-European project. Russian gas will reach northern Italy not through Austria, as originally planned, but through Slovenia.

In a bold last-minute move, Bratislava agreed to allow part of South Stream to pass through Slovenian territory on its way to northern Italy, thus turning Slovenia into a major gas transit country. In time, other countries, Austria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, may also be connected to South Stream, though only through secondary branches of the main pipeline.

Now that the agreement with Slovenia has been signed, the route of South Stream has finally been determined.

It was not for nothing that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that this was the last agreement that remained to be signed with European partners. The prime minister stressed that South Stream has truly become a major, pan-European energy project.

The South Stream project will carry gas from Russia,

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