• The European Union will continue to depend on ex-Soviet transit states for the delivery of Russian gas even after the opening of two planned pipelines to bypass such routes, a Moscow-based EU official said. Torsten Woellert, EU policy officer for energy in Russia, said capacity limits and uncertain planning would restrict impact of the major Nord Stream and South Stream pipelines that are viewed in some EU states as a godsend for energy security. "Neither of them will stop Russia and Europe's reliance on transit countries such as Ukraine and Belarus for Russian gas," Woellert told Reuters in an interview story