Michelson appreciated the prospects of cooperation between Russia and Turkey

The positions of Russia and Turkey on the development of cooperation largely coincide. This was reported to journalists by the Chairman of the Board of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson after a meeting with the Minister of Energy of Turkey Alparslan Bayraktar at the Russian Energy Week.

“We have similar views in many places on the development of cooperation. This is good, and we are slowly moving, said Mikhelson (quoted by TASS).

By the end of 2025, Turkey imported about 21.2 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia - about the same as a year earlier. Russian gas enters the country through the Blue Stream and Turkish Stream pipelines

At the end of 2025, Turkey extended for a year two contracts with Gazprom for gas supplies with a total volume of 22 billion cubic meters.

In June 2026, the Turkish state-owned company BOTAŞ began negotiations to extend the agreements, which expire at the end of the year.

Blue Stream differs from Turkish Stream in its destination and geographical scope. Blue Stream is designed to export gas to the domestic Turkish market, while Turkish Stream consists of two lines, one of which supplies Turkey, and the second is directed to countries in southern Europe - Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary.