The EU must give Russia guarantees before it helps build a gas pipe in Bulgaria to join up to its Turk Stream 2 pipeline to Turkey, Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev told Bulgarian leader Boiko Borissov in Sofia Monday, the Reuters news agency said.
EU Observer: Russia courts EU approval for Bulgaria pipeline
Russia's acting Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attends a session of the State Duma in Moscow on May 8, 2018.The Russian parliament on May 8, 2018 voted to back a new mandate for prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, a longtime ally of President Vladimir Putin who also served a Kremlin term from 2008 to 2012.