in the Kremlin would not even like to argue about the hypothetical situation of the termination of the Belarusian gas transit to Europe. So, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on the new statements by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on this topic, reports TASS.
According to the representative of the Kremlin, the unprecedented pressure rendered to Minsk led to the tough control of the Belarusian leader. Moscow expects that she does not have to tear the obligations to supply gas to the European Union, noted the sands.
In an interview with RIA Novosti Lukashenko confirmed the readiness to stop the transit of energy from Russia to Poland in case of closing the Warsaw Polish-Belarusian border. The Belarusian leader believes that the closure of the border Poland will damage himself, because it will not be able to buy energy from Russia. For the first time on the possibility of overlapping the Yamal-Europe pipeline and stop the transit of Russian gas to Europe Lukashenko declared November 11.