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Russia's Gazprom claims it doesn’t plan to stop gas transit through Ukraine
Alexey Miller, CEO of Gazprom, said that the company has never raised the issue of stopping gas transit through Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported.
According to him, Russia’s resource base is currently shifting “north”, so the central gas-transport corridor “won’t have the same level of resources.” Miller emphasized that the gas transit through Ukraine can remain at a rate of 10-15 billion m3 of gas per year, but Kyiv must justify “the economic feasibility of a new transit contract.”
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Merkel stresses importance of preserving gas transit through Ukraine
At a joint press conference with President Petro Poroshenko, While referring to the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, German Chancellor Angela Merkel noted that she considers it important to preserve the transit of gas through Ukraine.
"We spoke about this subject in detail, and, of course, I listened carefully to Ukraine’s concerns. Yesterday during a conversation with the Russian president, I said that it cannot be the case that Nord Stream 2 means Ukraine no longer has any …
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Ukraine seizes Russian ship over illegal sand mining in the Black Sea
Ukraine has seized a Russian dredge ship for illegal sand mining in the Karkinitsky Bay of the Black Sea, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko reported on Facebook.
The Crimean Prosecutor's Office is in charge of issues of illegal sand mining in the Karkinitsky Bay area of the Black Sea, including the Swan Islands reserve, on the Russian-annexed Crimean territory.
It has been established that the dredge vessel was carrying dredge from the home port of Tuapse, in Russia, which belongs …
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Poroshenko, Merkel, Macron to meet in Germany in May
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron plan to meet in May in the German city of Aachen, Mrs. Merkel announced at a briefing on April 10.
“The Ukrainian President will be in Aachen and we might have a meeting,” she said to journalists regarding the possibility of a meeting in the Normandy Four format in Aachen. “We’ve already discussed this. Mr. Macron will be there too, and myself. But this of course will not be a meeting of …
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Ukraine begins state testing of new missile system
Ukraine has begun state testing of the new Vilha (Alder) missile system, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov announced.
“The tests are the finalization of an extensive project by Ukrainian scientists, engineers and manufacturers,” said Turchynov.
According to Turchynov, once the testing has been completed, the Vilha missile systems will be adopted into the armament and serial production of them will begin.
In February, the NSDC secretary announced that …