Russia will respond if the US deploys nuclear missiles which are prohibited by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in Europe, warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as reported by Interfax. 

Lavrov said he “regrets European countries’ refusal to support the preservation of the treaty”. 

“Our European colleagues… are not yet ready and follow the US even in cases where it clearly goes against their own interests,” he remarked. 

“All of the EU voted against our proposal [ …

In his New Year’s greeting to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the union between the two nations has been successful, the press service of the Belarusian leader reported. 

Lukashenko noted that in the upcoming year, the two countries will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of signing the agreement on establishing the State Union. According to him, Belarus and Russia have had an uneasy path “but we can now say with confidence that the …

Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller is convinced that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will start supplying Europe with gas by January 1, 2020, Interfax reports. 

“We are working according to the plans that were approved from the very beginning. The planned start for gas shipments is January 1, 2020,” Miller said. 

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin also said that he is prepared to work no matter how the situation develops with the US. 

“We are working constantly under these circumstances. Our job is risk management,” …