AFP: Bulgaria hardens gas pipeline stance over nuclear claim

Bulgaria threatened on Thursday to harden its stance over Russia's South Stream gas pipeline, after Moscow filed a massive compensation claim against Sofia over a dropped nuclear plant deal.

"I hope that (Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin did not know about this company's action," Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said.

On Tuesday, Russia's state-run Atomstroiexport presented a one-billion-euro ($1.3-billion) compensation claim against Bulgaria before the International Court of Arbitration.  MORE