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Naftogaz warns about a possible rise in price of gas transit by $4 billion per year
Gazprom’s price for the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine may grow by 4 billion dollars a year should Ukraine succeed in the Stockholm arbitration, and be granted the amendment to the contract with Gazprom to adhere to European norms, as was posted on Facebook by the Commercial Director of Naftogaz of Ukraine, Yuriy Vitrenko, on November 19th.
Reiterating Ukraine’s position prior to the hearings in Stockholm which were scheduled for November 21st, Vitrenko also indicated that Gazprom will …
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Russian Patriarch expressed confidence that relations between Russia and Ukraine will be restored soon
The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Rus, Vladimir Gundyaev, has expressed confidence that the reconciliation and restoration of fraternal relations between Kyiv and Moscow are inevitable, as reported by Interfax-Religion.
According to him, the minority was involved in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia and the conflict itself hasn’t affected deeper layers.
Gundyaev expressed a special hope that the Russian Orthodox Church and its Sister …
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Russia declares that Iskander missiles will be permanently stationed in Kaliningrad
Russia will deploy Iskander missile systems as well as S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft systems in Kaliningrad district, according to the chairman of the Federation Council Defence and Security Committee, Victor Ozerov, as reported by Russia’s RIA news agency.
According to Ozerov, Russia is strengthening its air defense capability on its western border in response to deployment of the American anti-aircraft system in Europe.
“We have to strengthen our system of air defense in this direction, bring …
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Obama urges Putin to advance in the implementation of 'Minsk' before the end of his term in the White House
US President Barack Obama, during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, urged the Russian President to try and make progress in the implementation of the Minsk Agreements before the end of his term in January 2017.
Obama discussed the content of his conversation with the Russian leader at the final press conference following the APEC summit.
"I talked with Putin about Ukraine, about the need to implement the Minsk Agreements. I called on him to instruct his negotiating team to work …
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Russia has openly accused separatist leader Igor Plotnitsky of corruption and theft
Popular Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda has openly accused the head of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), Igor Plotnitsky, and his clique of systematic corruption in the article ‘Operation Pilyulkiny’.
“It isn’t a secret that corruption scandals regarding the inner circle of Igor Plotnitsky are upsetting the rest of the LPR. Almost each sector representing an economic interest is managed by someone known to Plotnitsky. As a result, there is now a shadow economy, higher …