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Ukraine increases gas transit volumes
In March, the volume of natural gas transported through the territory of Ukraine amounted to 8.1 billion cubic meters, an increase of 21.3% from the same period in 2017, Ukraine’s national gas and oil company Ukrtransgaz reported.
Ukrtransgaz also reported that despite Russia’s systematic failure to ensure contract pressures in gas pipelines at the entrance to Ukraine’s gas transport system, the company fulfilled requests for gas transportation on time and in full. The average daily transit …
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Herashchenko: Ukraine prepared to exchange 20 Russians for Ukrainians imprisoned in Russia
Ukraine is prepared to swap twenty Russians currently held in Ukrainian prisons in exchange for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia.
Iryna Herashchenko, First Deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and Ukraine's representative to the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine, said that this issue will be raised on in Minsk on Wednesday, April 4.
"The Working Group [is meeting] on April 4 in Minsk ... the second issue that we will raise there is the …
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Russia's Gazprom prepares $4.7 billion for payment to Ukraine
The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, contrary to published reports concerning the sum decided upon by two arbitrations with Ukrainian Naftogaz in the amount of $2.56 billion, put aside in its accounts a reserve for the full amount of the fine on the transit contract with Ukrainian side.
This was reported by Interfax news agency, citing the company’s statements. The document stated that the balance for fines and penalties for violation of the terms of contracts is recognized as 272.943 billion …
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Russia expels a Montenegrin diplomat
According to a report by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russia has decided to expel a Montenegrin diplomat in response to a similar step by Podgorica.
On Monday, the Ambassador of Montenegro to the Russian Federation was summoned to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“He received a note of protest,” the statement of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “and it was announced that in response to the unjustified demands of Montenegro to expel the Russian diplomat on the basis of …
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Kremlin says that Trump invited Putin to Washington
Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that U.S. President Donald Trump, during a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin on March 20, proposed a bilateral meeting in Washington.
“If everything goes well, I hope that the Americans will not back out on their proposal to discuss the possibility of holding a summit. When our presidents spoke by telephone, Trump suggested that the first meeting be held in Washington, at the White House,” RIA Novosti quoted Ushakov as saying.
On March 20, …