The claims of Gazprom against Naftogaz of Ukraine regarding the take-or-pay condition were completely abolished, as reported to Interfax-Ukraine by the press service of the Ukrainian state-owned holding company citing the head of Naftogaz, Andriy Kobolyev.

The press service also reported that the arbitral tribunal under the auspices of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce satisfied the demand of Naftogaz of Ukraine concerning the price revision in the contract for gas …

Montenegrin Prime Minister Duško Marković, former head of state and leader of the Democratic Party of Socialists Milo Đukanović, parliament spokesperson Ivan Brajović and a number of other Montenegrin politicians were placed on the Russian sanctions list. This was reported by the newspaper Pravda with reference to a source in the republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The restrictive measures were introduced against a total of 70 people, 46 of them being members of the Montenegrin parliament. …

Russia has deployed Iskander-M missile systems for the first time to Tajikistan in preparation for joint exercises.

According to the Russian news agency TASS, the commander of the troops of the Central Military District, Colonel General Vladimir Zarudnitsky, stated that the Iskander-M missile systems will carry out a combat launch at a hypothetical “terrorist” base camp in the mountains in the course of the combat exercises.

This will be the first time the Iskander missile systems will take …

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared five Moldovan diplomats in Moscow persona non grata and ordered them to leave the country within three days, as reported on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website.

On Wednesday, May 31st, the ministry summoned the minister-counselor of the Moldovan Embassy in Russia, Nikolae Miinea, and informed him that Moscow requires that five diplomats leave the country.

“Russia expresses hope that those in Chisinau realize the counterproductive nature of …

Russian frigate Admiral Essen and the submarine Krasnodar which are currently in the Mediterranean fired four Kalibr cruise missiles at Islamic State targets in the Syrian Palmyra region, as reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

All the missiles reportedly hit their targets. The strikes were directed at heavy equipment and troops brought over from Raqqa.

The Russian Ministry of Defense emphasized that the “commands of the US, Turkey and Israel were informed in good time about the …