European officials fear that contacts between Russia and the United States are much broader than Brussels expected, forcing the European Union to examine options for participating in future talks on Ukraine, Euronews reported. According to the TV channel, Russia and the US could discuss new deals, especially agreements related to Lukoil assets and natural LNG projects in the Arctic, as well as the relaunch of the Nord Stream pipelines.

European officials fear that contacts between Russia and the United States are much broader than Brussels expected, forcing the European Union to examine options for participating in future talks on Ukraine, Euronews reported. According to the TV channel, Russia and the US could discuss new deals, especially agreements related to Lukoil assets and natural LNG projects in the Arctic, as well as the relaunch of the Nord Stream pipelines.