Russia may start building Turkish Stream's Black Sea stretch in 'a few days'

Russia's energy giant Gazprom has finished preparatory work on the construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline and will be ready to start building an underwater leg in a few days, the company's CEO Alexei Miller said Thursday, Sputnik reports.

"We have finished all preparatory and mobilization works [on the Turkish Stream project]. I  report to you that we are ready to start the construction of the sea stretch of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline in a few days," Miller said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.