Russia plans to cut oil production by up to 300,000 barrels per day
Russia plans to reduce oil production to 10.947 million barrels per day, based on its agreement with OPEC countries, the Russian Minister of Energy, Alexander Novak stated, Interfax reported.
According to CDU TEK, Russia was extracting 11.247 million barrels per day in October. "10.947 million barrels per day is the end result of the reduction plan," Novak said, referring to data from CDU TEK.
Novak also discussed the pace of reduction of oil production by Russia. By March, production should …
Kerry accuses Syrian government of war crimes
US Secretary of State John Kerry accused the Syrian authorities of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
"The indiscriminate bombings undertaken by Syrian authorities contradict international law and in many cases are crimes against humanity. They must be stopped,” Kerry said after a meeting of the "friends of Syria group" in Paris.
According to him, the Syrian conflict, "is the most serious conflict since the Second World War".
Kerry, along with other participants of the …
US, EU and Canada urged Ukraine to conduct independent verification of e-declarations
The United States, the European Union, and Canada welcome the steps taken by Ukraine towards anti-corruption reforms and call for further reforms, in particular, for an independent and reliable verification of electronic declarations, as was said in a joint statement by the Embassy of Canada, the United States of America, and the representative of the European Union on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day.
“We welcome the impressive steps made after the Revolution of Dignity, …
Germany to send military advisers to Ukraine
The German Defense Ministry agreed to send military advisers to Ukraine, as reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
The agreement was signed on Thursday in Kyiv by the Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister for European Integration, Ihor Dolhov, and the German Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense, Ralf Brauksiepe.
According to the agreement, German advisers will be active at the Petro Sahaydachnyi National Academy of Ground Forces in Lviv. …
Polish border guards announced cases of Russian drones across Poland's borders
The Polish Border Guard reported four cases of Russian drones illegally crossing the Polish border this year.
According to Rzeczpospolita, one incident occurred two weeks ago near the village of Banie Mazurskie near the border with the Kaliningrad region, the second one in September near Górowo Iławeckie, and two more in February near the city of Gołdap. The drones, which arrived from the Kaliningrad region, were flying at an altitude of 50-100 meters and penetrated about one kilometer into …