• Owner of Nord fishing boat detained by Ukraine is asking Russian Foreign Ministry for help

    The owner of the Crimean vessel “Nord” detained two days ago by Ukrainian State Border Guards at the Azov Sea sent a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia pleading for help.

    As the Russian news agency Interfax reports, based on a copy of a document it possesses, the owner of the vessel, the Fishing Kolkhoz (communal economy) named after the First of May from the City of Kerch (Crimea), asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov “to help ensure safety of Russian citizens and …

  • Ukraine preparing to respond to Germany's plan to help construct Nord Stream-2

    The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is preparing a response to Germany's intentions to participate in the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, as stated in the comments to LB.ua by the Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Committee for European Integration and Deputy from Petro Poroshenko Bloc, Maria Ionova.

    "We have already discussed this issue (Germany’s permission to build Nord Stream 2) and I can say that on behalf of the parliament we will once again make a statement regarding …

  • Naftogaz: Gazprom refuses to comply with Stockholm Court decision on gas supply and transit through Ukraine

    Russia’s  Gazprom has refused to comply with the decisions of the Stockholm Arbitration Court regarding the supply and transit of gas through Ukraine, as reported by the press service of Naftogaz Ukraine following the results of talks held last week, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

     “Gazprom made clear that the Russian gas monopoly refuses to resume deliveries to Ukraine as ordered by the Arbitration Tribunal in the Gas Sales Case concluded in December last year, and refused to confirm that it will …

  • Russia's Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz begin negotiating contracts termination

    Last week, Russia’s Gazprom and Ukraine’s Naftogaz began negotiations on the contracts termination for the supply and transit of gas. According to Interfax, this was announced by Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom.

    "Yes, indeed, last week the meeting between Gazprom and Naftogaz took place. The negotiation on the procedure of contracts termination for the supply and transit of gas has begun," he said. Medvedev added that Gazprom notified the Ukrainian company of its …

  • Polish Foreign Ministry: Act on the Institute of National Remembrance doesn’t pose a threat to Ukrainians

    Ukraine’s glorification of people that Poland considers criminals has been contributing to national enmity between the two countries and it continues to poison Ukrainian-Polish relations, as stated by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland, Bartosz Cichocki in an interview with Evropeiska Pravda.

    As an example, the diplomat spoke of the incident when a Polish nurse tore up a Ukrainian document after seeing that the place of registration was Stepan Bandera Street.

    The diplomat emphasized, "This …