Russia: new pipeline will go ahead despite setback

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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister insists the EU’s order to halt construction work on the South Stream pipeline in Bulgaria is only a brief delay in the project planned to bypass Ukraine as a transit country and consolidate Russia’s energy grip in Europe.

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