Contents tagged with Russia
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Ukrtransgaz claims Gazprom does not provide sufficient gas pressure in pipeline at entrance of Ukraine's gas transport system
PJSC Ukrtransgaz has documented Gazprom’s contract violations with regard to pressure in the pipeline at the entrance to Ukraine’s gas transport system, Ukrtransgaz press secretary Maksym Bilyavskiy posted on Facebook.
"Gazprom continues to violate contract pressures, anyway. A sharp decline by 9% from the norm was recorded at the Russian station Sudzha. In spite of this, Ukraine fulfills transit application and provides necessary pressures at the western border,” he wrote.
NJSC Naftogaz of …
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Polish Foreign Ministry expressed protest over previously unknown recordings from Kaczynski crash
The Polish Foreign Ministry demanded that Russia turn over their allegedly previously unknown recordings from the cockpit of the Polish President’s plane that crashed near Smolensk. The relevant note was sent to the diplomatic agency of the Russian Federation, Ekho Moskvii reports. The Foreign Ministry reiterated the request to hand over the debris of aircraft as well.
The request for recordings relates to a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin from the press conference on December 23. …
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French media: OSCE accused Russia of cyber-attacks on the servers of the organization's headquarters
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe stated that its headquarters in Vienna was subjected to a massive hacker attack. Western security services suspect that the attacks were organized by Moscow, and that Angela Merkel may be the attackers’ main target, Le Monde reported.
The OSCE officially refuses to make any assumptions about who might be behind the Internet pirates that took advantage of vulnerabilities in the operating systems used by employees of the organization. …
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Putin agrees with Defense Ministry's proposal to reduce Russian military presence in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed with the Defense Ministry’s proposal to reduce the military presence in Syria, TASS reported.
At a meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Putin said, "I agree with the Defense Ministry’s idea to cut our military presence in the Syrian Republic.”
Putin added that Russia will, "unconditionally continue the struggle against international terrorism and furnish support for the legitimate Syrian government in its …
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Media: Turkey and Russia agreed on a plan for a comprehensive ceasefire in Syria
The Turkish news agency Anadolu reported that Turkey and Russia agreed on a plan for the introduction of a comprehensive ceasefire in Syria. According to this plan, all the parties to the conflict in Syria will be asked to halt combat operations. The agency’s report says that Ankara's and Moscow's agreed on a plan for a comprehensive cease-fire, which does not apply to the terrorist groups, will be presented to the parties of the conflict in Syria for approval.
However, there is no clear …
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Bulgarian President: Russia finances anti-European parties and media in the EU
The Russian Federation conducts an organized policy and uses alternative methods to destabilize the situation in the European Union, including maintaining ultranationalist forces, as stated by President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung, dsnews.ua reported.
"It is no secret now that this policy is organized and carried out with a clear purpose: to destabilize the EU,” Plevneliev said.
He is sure that Russia wants to undermine the EU from within, …
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Blacklisted artists will be unable to attend Eurovision in Kyiv
Russian artists that were added to the Ukrainian black list of cultural workers will not be able to participate in Eurovision held in Kyiv in 2017, as stated in an interview with Liga.net by the Deputy Director General of the National Television Company of Ukraine, the executive producer of Eurovision-2017, Oleksandr Kharebin.
According to him, today, Russia is an official participant of Eurovision-2017. However, artists that are banned from entering Ukraine will not be able to participate in …
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Moscow’s Dorogomilovsky Court recognizes Maidan as a 'coup'
On the 27th of December, the Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow recognized the events of February 2014 in Ukraine as a coup. According to the court, the cessation of human rights in the country resulted in a coup d’état. As a result, the residents of the Crimea held a referendum to reunify with the Russian Federation, due to their spiritual origins, inextricable relationship with Russia, and alienation from Ukraine, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.
The former Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, …
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Separatists stated that two thousand Russians are kept in Donetsk detention facility
A Russian writer, who supports the activity of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, Natalya Makeeva, stated that about 2,000 Russians are being held in a Donetsk detention facility. It is reported that they came to the Donbas in 2014 to join the illegally armed groups. According to Makeeva, she deals with issues related to prisoners of war in separatist-controlled areas and the territory controlled by Ukrainian Government.
Natalya Makeeva claims that the detained Russians came to the …
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European Commissioner for Climate: The Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project should be stopped
The European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, stated that the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project should be stopped, EUobserver reported. According to Cañete, the European Commission failed to prevent the construction of the gas pipeline on legal grounds. Miguel Arias Cañete noted that there is no reason to develop infrastructure for fossil fuels, when the European Union strives to switch to renewable energy after 2050.
In September, a group of European gas …