Russia Hopes Nothing Will Hamper Fulfillment of Obligations Under Gas Contracts, Says Kremlin

Russia hopes that no factors will hamper it to flawlessly continue fulfilling its obligations under its existing gas contracts, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. “We still want to hope that nothing will prevent the Russian Federation from continuing to flawlessly fulfill its obligations under existing contracts,” he said. Peskov was commenting on the words of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko who said that Minsk may resort to the suspension of gas transit if the republic finds itself in a “state of emergency,” due to Western sanctions. Earlier in an interview with the Turkish TRT broadcaster, Lukashenko said that Minsk…