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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree that extends the list of countries that fall under Russian counter-sanctions, TASS is reporting.

The list now includes Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein, "as well as Ukraine, under special conditions," the agency said.

Productive Reconstruction and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis had a phone contact on Tuesday with the Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak. The two officials discussed the accelerations of the preparation procedures for the 9th Joint Interministerial Committee meeting in November.

Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev has said that his country "stands for Ukraine’s territorial integrity with due account of decisions on Crimea taken last year."

Medvedev spoke in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he addressed a news conference after his meetings with top Slovenian officials.

Russian PM  Dmitry  Medvedev warned that Kiev must pay for the natural gas which Gazprom has started delivering since yesterday, in areas occupied by pro-Russian separatists. This announcement follows a day after Ukrainian company Naftogaz announced that it will not be paying for this gas.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov responded on Monday to an earlier comment of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the negative consequences of Bulgaria's membership to the European Union (EU).

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that Bulgaria has stopped the construction of the South Stream pipeline under mounting pressure coming from Brussels and Washington.

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Russia convinces Serbia: "South Stream" is not cancelled

Vladimir Putin and Dimitri Medvedev were convincing Serbian government that "South Stream" is not cancelled.

Medvedev blames EU for South Stream

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has discussed the South Stream gas pipeline project with Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic discussed the South Stream gas pipeline project with Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev over the phone Monday.

Vucic told the Russian prime minister that Serbia had taken the news about the decision to drop the project very hard.

Three EU member states have reportedly shipped 1.7 billion cubic meters (bcm) of Russian gas to Ukraine this year via reverse flow - a practice Gazprom doubts is legal.