Russia's refusal construction bypassing Ukraine gas pipeline "South stream" is caused not only by political motives, but a simple lack of money.

According to the Censor.NET, writes about this browser Suedeutsche Zeitung Marcus Baltar. He recalls that the Russian energy giant Gazprom had serious long-term plans for the European market. The company spent a lot of money on improving their image in the West, and even that was sponsored by one of German football teams.

Some time in Gazprom was considering buying shares of one of the largest energy companies in Germany. The Russian company wanted to become an energy supplier not only to the borders of European countries, and to offer their services directly to consumers in the EU.
However, recently, the Russian authorities made a sudden turn from the European market in Turkey and China, and at the same time put an end to the plans of Gazprom. The browser writes that Russian companies had to abandon their plans, which she had nurtured for years, not only due to the political whims of the Kremlin. There are also quite economic reasons.
First of all, Europe is moving towards the "green" energy sources. Accordingly, the need for traditional energy resources such as gas, will gradually decrease. And new pipelines need only to increase energy supplies.
In addition, because of the conflict with Ukraine does not have enough money for such large-scale infrastructure projects, such as South stream. While the drop in gas prices and the oil makes energy company in Europe to save money. Therefore, the construction of a new pipeline to Western Europe was delayed consumption.
At the same time, writes columnist, due to the military aggression of Russia against Ukraine and the EU position on the side of the Ukrainians, the credibility of the suppliers of gas from Russia undermined. European governments are trying to establish contacts with suppliers in the United States and Qatar.
The browser sees that these changes in the energy market will be long-term. And large pipelines can finally end. At the same time, Gazprom is in no hurry to break the agreement on South stream. P messages desired for the suspension of works on the offshore section of South stream received only the General contractor for the construction of the pipeline is an Italian company Saipem

Source: http://censor.net.ua/