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A top Russian official has accused the United States and its allies of trying to provoke the country’s break-up and warned that such attempts could lead to doomsday. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, warned the West that any attempt to push …

Russia may file a lawsuit over the hindrances other countries have been posing to the gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev told Russian mass media in an interview. “If there are reasons for this, it goes without saying the issue may be …

Russian gas supplies to the European market have been consistently growing in the last several years.

A first ministerial meeting on the topic took place on July 17. 2018. followed by meetings at expert during the second half of 2018.

Europe crucially needs new gas pipelines from Russia.

Gazprom owns a block of shares of Nord Stream AG that was pledged as collateral for funding.

Ukraine and the European Union have already agreed to begin tripartite negotiations on the transit of gas to European consumers from Russia.

The extension of the second line to Italy via Greece or to Serbia via Bulgaria is among routes currently in assessment.

Earlier Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Alexander Medvedev said he did not understand with whom from the Ukrainian side it is necessary to negotiate on this issue.

Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that would link Russia and Germany while bypassing other transit countries is being built under the Baltic Sea.