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Poland finds violations in Gazprom contracts
Poland’s Supreme Audit Office (NIK) has discovered violations in gas contracts made with Gazprom between 2009-2010, according to a document published on the NIK’s website.
The document states that former Polish Economy Minister Waldemar Pawlak made agreements with the Russian company “without the needed backing in the form of an approved negotiation instruction, and after the approval of such instructions, some of the agreements were incompatible with the obligatory principles”.
The NIK also …
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Putin names three Russian regiments after Ukrainian cities
Russian President Vladimir Putin named three Russian regiments Lviv, Zhytomyr, and Nizhyn. The 6th Tank Regiment of the Russian Army is now bearing the honorary title of the Lviv Regiment, the 68th Tank Regiment is the Zhytomyr Regiment, and the 163rd Panzer Regiment is the Nizhyn Regiment.
Putin’s decree is published on Russian government’s portal of legal information. The decree was signed on June 30, 2018, and has already gone into effect.
As noted by RBK, the names of Ukrainian cities are …
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Estonian Foreign Minister calls for a stop to Nord Stream-2 pipeline
Estonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sven Mikser has urged the termination of the German-Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2. He expressed his view on Monday, July 2 to the Die Welt newspaper, stating that the pipeline is not an economic but a political project.
"It is only a lever by which Russia will interfere with European policy," Mikser said, adding that it is in the interests of the EU to stop the project. Earlier, the US also supported the idea of phasing out the construction of Nord …
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Kremlin to reimburse foreigners for visiting Russia
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the federal bodies of executive government to work on the matter of compensating part of the cost of tours for foreign tourists visiting Russia.
This was reported by Interfax on Friday with reference to materials drafted during the session of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development and Priority Projects.
“The federal bodies of executive government must continue to work on an incentive for the incoming tourist flow from target …
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Ukrainian MP: Russian special services planned attacks on Jewish organizations in Lviv
In addition to the attack on the Roma camp near Lviv, the Russian special services planned to use Ukrainian youths to attack Jewish organizations in Lviv, stated People’s Deputy Anton Herashchenko, reported 112 Ukraine.
“The tragedy that occurred in Lviv is not a spontaneous situation; it's a well-planned action involving Russian special services. Today, we know that two leaders of this youth organization were recruited via the Internet.They were convinced to organize attacks not only against …