Ted Cruz and two other US senators have sent a joint letter to the German port of Sassnitz to demand that it halt support of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline or else they would exert financial pressure, Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper reported, claiming it had obtained the letter's copy

Moscow is taking note of Minsk's treatment of Russian citizens and drawing conclusions, a source in the Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Thursday, regarding Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's latest comment on Russian detainees

Kiev has not received an official permission from Minsk on the extradition of the Russians recently detained in Belarus, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday