Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a news conference after a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in Moscow
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that allegations Russia's military is fighting in eastern Ukraine are "conjecture".
"We're hearing various conjectures, not for the first time, but not once have any facts been presented to us," he said at a news conference.
Energy minister Alexander Novak warned Friday of high risks of disruptions to supplies of Russian gas to Europe as international tensions over Ukraine mounted.
"There is a high risk that Gazprom for Europe will be illegally taken by Ukraine for its own use," Novak said at a joint press conference with the EU's Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger.
