also show disapproval, due to the public banks decision to be lenient to Turkmenistan Human and civil rights conditions. Security aspects Concerns have been raised about the safety of the project. Gas for the Nabucco pipeline coming from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan will have to pass near areas of instability in the South Caucasus. Reasons of failure The main reasons of Nabucco’s failure were political rather than commercial. Moscow was able to safeguard its dominant market share in Central and Eastern Europe and then pressured most of these countries to support Gazprom’s South Stream pipeline, a rival to Nabucco. Nabucco pipeline lacked the necessary political and diplomatic support from both the EU and the United States to overcome pressures from Russia and Gazprom. See also Interconnector Turkey–Greece–Italy South Caucasus Pipeline Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline New Europe Transmission System Nord Stream 2009 Russia–Ukraine gas dispute References Further reading Kusznir, Julia: "The Nabucco Gas Pipeline Project and its Impact on EU Energy Policy in the South Caucasus" in the Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 33 Negrescu, Victor: "The Nabucco Project and Communicating about Energy Security" in the Acta Universitatis Danubius (short essay) External links Homepage of the Nabucco gas pipeline project company Projected gas routes to Europe 5 bin kişiye iş imkanı-Turkey Project Focus: Nabucco Pipeline Articles about the Energy und Nabucco-Pipeline issue in the Caucasus Analytical Digest No.3 Natural gas pipelines in Austria Natural gas pipelines in Bulgaria Natural gas pipelines in Hungary Natural gas pipelines in Romania Proposed pipelines in Europe RWE Cancelled energy infrastructure Turkey–European Union relations