FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises above the city during a military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Stepanakert October 4, 2020 in this still image taken from video obtained on October 6, 2020. Bars Media Documentary Film Studio via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's ties with Russia, already strained by conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, face further pressure from the launch later this year of a gas pipeline that is poised to squeeze Moscow's diminished gas sales to Europe and Turkey.
The $40 billion Southern Gas Corridor will draw from Azerbaijan's giant Shah Deniz II field in the Caspian Sea and has the backing of the European Commission as it seeks to curb Europe's dependence on Russian energy.
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