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Russia to respond "asymmetrically" to new sanctions

MOSCOW -- In case western countries introduce another set of sanctions against Russia, in energy and financial sectors, Moscow will be forced to respond asymmetrically.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced Moscow could restrict the movement of foreign flights in its airspace if new sector sanctions are introduced against the country.

"If there are sanctions related to energy [or] further restrictions to our financial sector, we have to respond asymmetrically," Russian agency ITAR-TASS quoted Medvedev as saying.

In a decision that is expected to affect Greek exports, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Moscow will ban fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, milk and dairy imports from the European Union, the United States, Australia, Canada and Norway.

More than 500,000 people flee fighting in Ukraine

MOSCOW -- Since April 1, more than 500,000 refugees from the war torn eastern part of Ukraine have arrived in the Russian Federation.

Serbia wants "EU membership, ties with Russia"

MOSCOW -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said in Moscow on Monday that Serbia would like to become a member of the European Union.

He at the same time "underlined that the country does not want to damage relations with Russia in the process," Tanjug is reporting.

Russian Gazprom does not plan to buy a 1/4 share in Austrian oil and gas company OMV, Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev said Friday.

Medvedev thus refuted earlier claims that the state-owned energy concern was eyeing 24.9% of OMV and was in talks with the International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC) in Abu Dhabi to purchase them.

It is the stable situation in Ukraine that the security of Europe's gas deliveries will depend on, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.

“If the Ukrainian market is stable and if Ukrainians fulfill all of their obligations, Europe will receive what it is entitled to in full,” Medvedev told Bloomberg TV.

PM presented with Russian counterpart's congratulations

BELGRADE -- PM Aleksandar Vučić received on Tuesday Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin who presented him with a letter of congratulations from Russia's PM Dmitry Medvedev.

Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke out against the futile "exchange of black lists" with the West on the crisis in Ukraine.

Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is in the Crimean capital Simferopol on Monday.

This is the highest ranking Russian official to visit the autonomous region, since the referendum on March 16, when Crimea voted to split from Ukraine and join Russia.