Lavrov said Tuesday that U.S. sanctions on Russia are meant as cover for a U.S. push into the European energy sector. U.S. sanctions are designed as a tool to gain leverage in the European economy and energy sector in general, Russia’s foreign minister said Tuesday. “On the pretext of fighting against a Russian threat Washington not only tries to mend so-called Atlantic solidarity, not only to make Europeans increase defense spending, but also to gain a stronger foothold in the European economy and energy industry, to downgrade our joint projects in energy, and to elbow Russia out of the energy markets,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted by Russian news agency Tass. The U.S. State Department published […]