Russia hopes that no factors will prevent it from continuing to meet its obligations under existing gas contracts. This was emphasized by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, TACC reports.
"We still want to hope that nothing will stop the Russian Federation from continuing to fulfill its obligations under the existing treaties," he said, commenting on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's remarks on the possibility of Minsk resorting to stopping the transit of natural resources. gas for Europe if, due to Western sanctions, the republic is put in a state of emergency.
Earlier, in an interview with Turkish television and radio company TRT, Lukashenko said that if this happened and there was no other way to respond to the sanctions, Minsk would also benefit from "this tough measure".
Earlier, on November 11, in a meeting with the country's government, Lukashenko threatened the European Union to suspend gas transit to Europe through the Yamal-Europe pipeline if sanctions were extended, the agency recalled.
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