• Ukraine's Naftogaz and Russia's Gazprom agree to meet

    Naftogaz of Ukraine announced that an agreement has been reached with the Russian company Gazprom to hold a meeting by the end of March.

    Writing on its Facebook account, Naftogaz said that it intends to inform Gazprom that it does not agree that the contracts should be cancelled.

    “In addition, we informed Gazprom that the tariff must be changed. At the meeting, of course, the implementation of arbitration decisions will be discussed,” said the chief commercial director of the Naftogaz Yuriy …

  • Kyiv: Putin’s visit to Crimea violates Ukraine’s sovereignty

    On March 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine protested another visit by the Russian delegation, headed by President Vladimir Putin to annexed Crimea, which was not coordinated with Ukraine.

    "Ukraine considers the said visit, as well as other so-called ‘visits’ of Russian officials to the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol a gross violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is a cynical and demonstrative disregard by the …

  • Kremlin receives the list of diplomats to be expelled from Britain

    The list of diplomats who must leave the UK has been sent to Russia, as stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, TASS reports.

    “These Russian diplomats that are there are representatives of the military attaché. These people must leave the territory of Great Britain within seven days,” Zakharova said.

    Earlier on March 14, the head of the British government, Theresa May, announced the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats from Great Britain, saying …

  • Lavrov: Russia has used all channels to strongly warn US against strikes in Syria

    Moscow has used all channels to strongly warn Washington about a strike on Damascus by the US-led coalition. This was stated on Wednesday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as reported by news agency TASS.

    “Today we discussed, among other problems in Syria, the actions of the U.S., primarily on the eastern bank of the Euphrates and throughout the eastern part of Syria, where the Americans are creating military bases. I am convinced that there is no reason to doubt the intention of at …

  • Russia plans to build a military technology hub with children’s training camps

    The Era military technology hub that is planned to be built in Anapa, will work on training highly skilled personnel for military research institutes and military companies, as stated in the plan approved on December 18, 2017. The model for Era was demonstrated to President Vladimir Putin by the Minister of Defense, Sergey Shoygu, at the beginning of the year.

    As RBC news agency reports, a training camp for gifted children who will be “educated in a spirit of patriotism” and  prepared to enter …

  • Moldovan ex-MP sentenced to 14 years in prison for espionage for Russia

    A Former MP of the Moldovan parliament, Iurie Bolboceanu, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on charges of high treason and espionage for Russia, as reported by Interfax, citing the press service of Moldovan Prosecutor General's Office.

    "According to the verdict of the court of Chisinau, former deputy Iurie Bolboceanu was found guilty of committing a crime under Article. 337 cl. 1 "Treason", and sentenced to 14 years in a closed prison and the inability to hold public office for 4 years," the …

  • Speaker of Polish Parliament: Nord Stream 2 will leave Ukraine vulnerable to Russian aggression

    Polish Marshal of the Sejm Marek Kuchciński believes that if the Nord Stream 2 project is realized, Ukraine will be completely defenseless against Russian military aggression.

    Kuchciński made a statement to this effect during the 11th Europe-Ukraine Forum in Rzeszów, Poland, a Evropeyska Pravda reports.

    “We are very concerned about the second Nord Stream project that is being realized by the Russians and Germans. I emphasize – the Russians together with the Germans. This is a threat to us all. …

  • Sweden and Canada allocate $2 million for restoration of Donbas

    The governments of Canada and Sweden have allocated $2 million for the restoration the Donbas, as reported on the website of the Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine.

    "As part of the target fund of many partners, the first $2 million was allocated for the restoration and development of peace in Donbas. The funds were provided by the governments of Canada and Sweden and will be administered by the World Bank in accordance with the priorities …

  • IMF prevents Ukrainian President from submitting bill on the tax on capital withdrawal from Ukraine

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has decided to postpone the submission of the bill introducing tax on withdrawn capital to the Verkhovna Rada in light of to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) stance, Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Dmitry Shymkiv reported. Shymkiv referred to the bill’s text on the president’s website.

    “Yesterday during the business meeting, there were great expectations that the President would submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (VRU) the bill on …

  • Gazprom: termination of contracts with Ukraine may take up to two years

    Russia’s Gazprom intends to appeal the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court regarding the transit contract with Naftogaz Ukraine before the end of the month, as well as initiate procedures for the termination of contracts "in accordance with the established procedure," said by Gazprom’s  CEO, Alexei Miller, at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

    "According to the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court, Gazprom must pay Naftogaz of Ukraine 2.56 billion dollars. …