Contents tagged with Russia
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Naftogaz: Ukraine could receive $50 billion if the court rules against Gazprom
The Director of the Business Development at Naftogaz, Yuriy Vitrenko, has said that if the Stockholm Arbitration Court rules against Gazprom, the Russian company would be liable to pay $50 billion in damages to the Ukrainian company. He said this during an interview with Ukrainian Hromadske TV Channel.
“The total claim amount is $50 billion, of which $30 billion is compensation for gas that was not provided by Gazprom, or gas that we overpaid for. The remaining $20 billion is related to …
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Club member: Night Wolves have 'broken into' the EU
As reported by TASS, a leader of Russia's Night Wolves bike club, Andrey Bobrovsky, has indicated that members of the Russian motorcycle club, Night Wolves, who were participating in the ‘Road to Victory –Berlin’ run, but were unable to cross the Polish border, have arrived in the European Union.
"The Night Wolves have broken into the European Union. We are in Slovakia now and we are going to Brno on Tuesday to join the group that crossed in Poland,” he said, without revealing how they …
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Breedlove urges leaders to pay more attention to Russia
The Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, General Philip Breedlove, has urged leaders to pay more attention to Russia. He also said that they should increase the number of intelligence satellites due to the growth of the Russian threat.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Breedlove stated that he regretted the fact that the US has insufficient reconnaissance means to counteract the threat from Russia. He went on to say that based on this, technical resources should be put forward to …
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Putin promises to launch the fourth string of the Energy Bridge to Crimea in early May
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin expects that the fourth string of the Energy Bridge to Crimea from neighboring Kuban will be launched in early May. Putin stated this at the meeting with the members of the Council of legislators on the 29th of April, the Kremlin press service reported.
“Power engineering specialists had this well-planned ahead of schedule, but now the weather is unfavorable in the channels and vessels are forced to reduce the work for a few days. That’s why everything …
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Member of European Parliament: Maintaining the current sanctions against Russia will be effective
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens, stated in her interview with LIGA.net that the European Union will not impose new sanctions against Russia. “Frankly speaking, if we are able to save the acting sanctions in the European Union, we will have a tool to exert pressure on Russia and it would be good,” the politician noted.According to Harms, there is opposition to the extension of sanctions against Russia in many EU countries. In particular, German …
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Night Wolves denied entry at Belarusian-Polish border
The Polish authorities did not allow a group of motorcyclists of the "Night Wolves" Russian motorcycle club to cross the Belarus-Poland border. The bikers were considered to a potential threat to public order and safety.
The motorcyclists intended to arrange a motor rally to Berlin on Sunday, May 1st, but couldn't cross the Belarusian-Polish border. "We refused entry to seven bikers from the Night Wolves motor club,” declared Dariusz Senitskii, the press secretary of the Department of Border …
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Stoltenberg: NATO should respond to Russia with force
According to NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO should respond to Russia’s actions from the position of strength and deterrence. Deutsche Welle reported that he made these statements in his interview with a German newspaper, Die Welt, as well as the Leading European Newspaper Alliance (LENA).
“Moscow illegally annexed Crimea, they support separatists in eastern Ukraine and they have violated international law. This is why we have expanded our presence along the eastern borders of …
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Russia gains the support of Zimbabwe in the fight against Western sanctions
Russia and Zimbabwe have agreed to fight together against the sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union. This was announced after a meeting of the newly-created Russian-Zimbabwean intergovernmental commission.
Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said that both countries consider the sanctions imposed against them unjust. They condemn the sanctions and advocate for their complete abolition. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe Simbarashe Mumbengegwi fully …
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Delegates in Minsk acknowledge that breakthroughs can only be made by the states' Presidents
Despite the seeming ineffectiveness of the Minsk negotiation format, as is obvious to all the participants, no one feels the need to put an end to it. Several participants of the Minsk process have admitted that the negotiations held in the capital of Belarus are a screen and believe that any possible breakthroughs can only be made by the Presidents of the involved States, as noted in an article written by the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of ZN.UA, Sergey Rakhmanin.
“Recently, the Ukrainian position …
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Intelligence: Putin's aide Surkov traveled to the Donbas and met with separatists
Ukrainian intelligence has evidence that Russian presidential aide, Vladislav Surkov, has visited occupied Donbas to meet with separatists. This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
“On the 29th of April, a closed meeting of the leaders of the so-called DPR and Russian representatives was held in Snizhne. It was attended by: presidential aide, Vladislav Surkov; the Deputy Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel- …