Dmitry Medvedev

Gazprom deputy head Alexander Medvedev has said the Turkish Stream project will initially be carried out only as a pipeline between Russia and Turkey.

This means only the first of four parallel lines that had been planned earlier will be constructed as a start, but it does not mean the energy giant has abandoned the idea to make deliveries to Russia, Medvedev has made clear.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev landed Aug. 22 in the Kuril islands, prompting a swift rebuke from Tokyo, which claims sovereignty over the northwest Pacific archipelago in a long-running dispute.

Russia has destroyed some 597 tonnes of food products illegally imported from blacklisted countries since August 6, statistics show.

A message dated August 15 and available on the website of Rosselkhoznadzor, the country's food safety watchdog, reads [RU] that "to date" some 550 tons of agricultural products have been detained and liquidated.

Moscow has added five European countries to its food imports ban list introduced in response to Western sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine.

"Those countries are Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, and Liechtenstein, as well as Ukraine under certain conditions," Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said during a cabinet  meeting on Thursday, according to RIA Novosti.

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.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras will meet with French President Francois Hollande, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Egyptian President Fattah Sisi on the sidelines of his official visit to Egypt for the inauguration of the hew Suez Canal Thursday.

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.

The talks between Russia and companies that will construct the first phase of Turkish pipeline project will start soon, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on July 25.

The Turkish pipeline project, which will replace the redundant South Stream project, will meet the interests of both Russia and Turkey, said Medvedev according to Russia's Sputnik news agency.

Russia hopes to sign an intergovernmental agreement on the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline after a new government is formed in Turkey, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Slovenia's national broadcaster RTV Slovenija on July 23, as reported by Russia's TASS news agency.