Highlights As standoff continues with EU over border crisis Lukashenko first raised prospect of blocking transit Nov 11 Gazprom agrees 2022 price protocol with Minsk Russia on Dec. 1 played down a renewed threat by Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko that he could block the transit of Russian gas to Europe. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Lukashenko first said Minsk could block gas transit in comments on Nov. 11 as the standoff with the EU intensified over the current migrant crisis and again raised the prospect in a Russian media interview carried out Nov. 30. The Kremlin — as before — said Dec. 1 that Belarus was a sovereign state and able to carry out its own actions, but added that Russian President Vladimir Putin expected that the issue would not disrupt Moscow’s gas supply commitments. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, cited by Russian […]