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Alexey Miller: Academy of Table Tennis in Orenburg to bring together young talents from across Russia

“Being eleven-time champions of Russia is, as we say at Gazprom, an all-time record. It is highly important that the Fakel-Gazprom team sets a great example for the younger generation. Your achievements make people be proud of you, they look up to you. Your splendid victories inspire children and youth to play table tennis, set ambitious goals for themselves and achieve excellent results.

In 2013, we opened the Russian Table Tennis Center in Orenburg, which has prepared many splendid tennis players since then. Now, Orenburg will also become home to the Academy of Table Tennis. We intend to gather young talents from across Russia in the Academy and train them to be true professionals, best of the best, and the pride of Russian table tennis.”

The speech delivered by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, at the plenary meeting of Russian Energy Week International Forum 2022 under the theme of “New Challenges, New Opportunities: What’s in Store for the Oil and Gas Market?”

Today, Vladimir Putin mentioned TurkStream in his speech. Indeed, even from the point of view of restoring the strings of the blown-up Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, we can create capacities in the Black Sea instead of the gas transmission capacities lost offshore in the North. As everyone is well aware, TurkStream runs through only two economic zones – that of Russia and Turkey – and, accordingly, through the territorial waters of Russia and Turkey. And the depth of those waters is 2.15 km, which is certainly different from the depth of the Baltic Sea. Without any doubt, TurkStream has already proven to be a reliable route for gas supplies to Turkey, which is our reliable partner, and to the European market. Apparently, it is relevant and timely now to consider the transfer of the capacities that were lost in the North, i.e. in the Baltic Sea, into the Black Sea.

Alexey Miller. Photo by Roscongress Photo Bank