As for the creation of a gas hub in Turkey, it is necessary to clearly understand that stretching another 2, 3, 4, and at least 10 lines of gas pipelines through the territory of any country does not turn that country into a gas hub. It just gets stronger as a transit country
The hub implies the creation of a pricing and sales center.
If in this “classical” sense we talk about a gas hub in Turkey, then the Turkish side will have to agree on the sale, its volume and the price of gas, it will issue an invoice and receive payment from the buyer (Europe), from which it will pay the supplier (Russia).
Of course, this is much more serious than receiving transit deductions.
Is there such a full-fledged hub in the case we are discussing? – It’s not clear yet. So far, the Russian side has not taken such steps. Since, it is clear that this will give “all energy cards” in the southern direction into the hands of Turkey.
Although, perhaps, the game has now gone in such a way that Russia just wants to transfer these cards to the Turkish side. What he wants was noticeable by the fact that it was the Russian side at the highest level that publicly showed the initiative. And Turkey played in such a way that it only “plays out” the Russian request.
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