Route
The Russian onshore section will run from the Pochinki compressor station to the Russkaya compressor station near Anapa. The 925-kilometre (575 mi) long offshore section will run from the Russkaya compressor station through the Black Sea to Bulgaria's city of Varna. Because of the Russia–Ukraine gas disputes, the pipeline is routed through Turkey's waters to avoid the exclusive economic zone of Ukraine.
The 1,455-kilometre (904 mi) long onshore section starts from Varna and runs to Pleven. From there, the southwestern route, was to continue through Greece and Ionian Sea to southern Italy. However, this route was abandoned. The northwestern route will continue from Pleven to Serbia. In Serbia, it will run through Zaječar, Beograd and Subotica. From Subotica pipeline will run through Hungary and Slovenia to Arnoldstein in Austria near the Italian border to supply northern Italy. Two branches to Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina are foreseen. Srbijagas plans to construct along Sava river a 480-kilometre (300 mi) long branch pipeline with a capacity of 1.2 billion cubic metres (42 billion cubic feet) to Banja Luka and Sarajevo. It is possible that also Montenegro will be connected to the pipeline.
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