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Russia provides multi million euro loan to Moldova
The Moldovan government will meet next week for a special meeting to consider changes to the 2020 budget, taking into account external sources of funding. On April 10, Moldovan Presindent Igor Dodon confirmed that Russia would provide the previously promised multimillion-dollar loan.
"The government of the Russian Federation has decided to approve a loan agreement with Moldova. Yesterday there was a meeting of the Russian Cabinet. An agreement will be signed in the coming days. And these 200 …
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Poland again demands that Russia return wreckage of presidential airliner which crashed near Smolensk
Poland again demands that Russia return the wreckage of the presidential airliner Tu-154, which crashed near Smolensk in 2010. The corresponding diplomatic note was sent to Moscow, the Polish Foreign Ministry said on Friday, April 10. "There is no rule of international law that gives Russia grounds to hold Polish property," the Polish Foreign Minister stressed.
Warsaw has honored the victims of the plane crash. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the Chairman of the ruling Law and …
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Russia capitulates in oil war
The Kremlin's attempt to show its teeth in the global oil market and sacrifice a partnership with Saudi Arabia in order to strike the U.S. shale industry ended in Russia's capitulation.
On Thursday, following a video conference, the ministers of the OPEC countries reached an agreement to stabilize the global oil market, which was on the verge of disaster due to the coronavirus pandemic that brought down global demand.
To stop the collapse of prices falling to the levels of the late 1990s ($10. …
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Russia: U.S. operation against drug trafficking from Venezuela will have negative consequences
The decision of the United States to launch a military operation to cut off drug supplies in Latin America poses a threat of negative consequences, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, as cited by RIA Novosti.
"Washington's decision to launch a military operation to cut off drug supplies in Latin America, which is accompanied by increased military activity around Venezuela, will lead to extremely unpredictable and negative consequences, taking into account the current …
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Kyiv: Ukraine is preparing to stop gas transit from Russia
Ukraine is preparing to stop gas transit from Russia and the program of optimization of the country's gas transportation system is part of this strategy, stated the head of the Ukrainian national company "Operator of the Gas Transport System of Ukraine" Serhiy Makogon in an interview with the Liga.net news outlet.
According to Makogon, Kyiv will continue to oppose the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline and counts on assistance from the U.S. and EU countries, as the project "carries …