Russia Ready to Continue Work on Turkstream Posted by Michelle Howard June 30, 2016 Russia is ready to continue work on the Turkstream natural gas pipeline project involving Turkey, TASS news agency quoted Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak as saying on Thursday. The issue is about the readiness of Europe and Turkey to implement this project, Novak was quoted as saying. The Kremlin said earlier on Thursday that it was still premature to say whether Turkstream would be resumed. (Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov) Email