Thanks, and do you consider this a bit optimistic on Putin’s part?
Some observers note how Putin's suggested second Black Sea pipeline would in turn open the way to a Samsun-Ceyhan link pipeline, which would connect the Blue Stream and the BTC.
Unless this is a ‘reward’ or ‘payment’ for attempting to reel in Iran’s nuclear ambitions and perhaps for extending Blue Stream to Israel or some such? The BTC being built to shut out Russia now proposed by Putin to work together.