Ukrainian national oil company Naftogaz has signed a contract for legal services in a lawsuit against the Russian gas giant Gazprom. Naftogaz will pay the lawyers of the Norwegian law firm Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS 14 million euros, according to Ukrainian Prozorro e-procurement system.

The cost of the services includes attorneys' fees and the costs of involving witnesses in the court proceeding.

At the end of January, in Stockholm, the initial hearing in the suit of Naftogaz against the …

Sergey Sheptelich, the Moldovan consul in Odessa, was arrested on Tuesday by members of the Moldovan Anticorruption Prosecution and National Anticorruption Center (NAC), the NAC announced in a press release.

Before the arrest, the consulate offices in Odessa and the consul’s apartment were searched by law enforcement.

The consul has been accused of passive corruption. On 6 April 2018, he is believed to have illegally issued a citizen of an Arab country a 60-day Moldovan visa in exchange for a …

The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko could be visiting Germany before the second round of elections, Reported LB.ua news outlet in the article, “Elections in Ukraine: The Stakes and the Reactions around the World”.

“According to the article posted to LB.ua, Poroshenko’s visit to Berlin is being planned as a manifestation of Germany’s support for his election campaign.”

The media agency recalled that Poroshenko and Merkel had spoken on the phone immediately following the first round of …

The National Intellectual Development Foundation, headed by Vladimir Putin’s daughter Yekaterina Tikhonova, won the Rosneft tender for patent research, reported MBH-media.

The value of the contract is 28 million rubles ($430, 000 USD).

According to Rosneft’s request the patent research is to be conducted by "taking into account the priorities of the company's innovation activities."

In the summer of 2018, the RBC news agency reported that the National Intellectual Development Foundation …

Russia began anti-aircraft missile exercises in the annexed Crimea. The units of the anti-aircraft missile regiment from the army corps of the Black Sea Fleet began exercises near Saki and Kacha airfields in the Crimea, the press service of the Russian Black Sea Fleet reported.

"More than 300 servicemen from anti-aircraft crews of the anti-aircraft missile regiment have launched a set of combat training tasks, including the deployment of firing positions, preparation for opening fire, as well …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to grant Minsk a $600 million government loan, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told reporters on Monday. The funds will be used to refinance the repayment of prior loans issued by Moscow.

Siluanov also noted that, by the end of April, Belarus may also receive a $200 million tranche from the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD).

According to the finance minister, the countries are currently discussing the procedures …

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has confirmed that the alliance will allocate $260 million to the construction of a military storage site for the US forces in Poland, Polish Radio reports.

The base will be located in Powidz, and will house armored vehicles, ammunition and weapons for the American brigade.

Stoltenberg said that this investment from the NATO headquarters is of key significance due to the close proximity of a major military airport.

“This investment in infrastructure in …

On the morning of Monday 1 April, two NATO ships entered the Port of Odessa. The Spanish frigate Santa Maria (F81) and the Canadian frigate HMCS Toronto (FHH333) were moored at berths 18 and 19, the local news outlet Dumskaya reported.

Santa Maria and Toronto will remain in Odessa until the evening of 3 April at the latest. Both vessels were opened to visitors on Monday afternoon.

After their stay in Odessa, the ships will take part in a PASSEX (passing exercise) with ships from the Ukrainian …