Dec 29, 2008 - BBC Monitoring - Moscow

Russian electricity will be exported to Turkey through Georgian territory.

A subsidiary of Inter RAO YeES [Russian electricity exporter], TGR Energy, founded in Turkey, has received permission to import electricity from Russia through Georgian territory.

The amount of electricity to be imported will be determined in separate agreements.

TGR Energy became part of Inter RAO YeES group in 2005. Shortly afterwards, the company obtained a licence for wholesale electricity sales in Turkey. The company staff are now working on the implementation of projects to develop Inter RAO YeES business in the Black Sea basin region.

Source: ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow, in Russian 1552 gmt 29 Dec 08

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