Russian border guards in the Leningrad Region have detained a German citizen who illegally crossed the Russian border from Finland, the Federal Security Service's (FSB) border control division in Saint Petersburg said on Wednesday

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak believes that the situation with limiting Gazprom's access to Germany's OPAL pipeline capacity will be resolved and the pipeline will be used in full volume

Gas flow via Russia's Nord Stream pipeline is unlikely to be interrupted due to changes introduced to the EU Gas Directive, Eurogas Secretary General James Watson said in an interview with Sputnik

The European Commission (EC) is working on the situation with the EU Court of Justice's decision on OPAL gas pipeline, which has restricted Russian gas giant Gazprom's access to it, and is considering the possibility of appealing or implementing this decision in another way, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on Thursday

Border officers of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region detained in Vyborg two students, one Egyptian and the other Syrian, of Russian universities who had intended to illegally cross the Russia-Finland border, the FSB press service said