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Poland: Nord Stream 2 poses significant threat to the world and to security in Europe
Poland sees Nord Stream 2 as a significant threat to the world and to the security of the European continent not only in terms of Europe’s deepening dependence on Russian energy resources but also of prospects of escalation of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, stated Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz during a meeting in Davos with Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze.
Czaputowicz noted that, when the transit of …
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Ukraine's Naftogaz hires American lawyers for the Crimean assets case against Russia
According to the ProZorro public procurement system’s data, the national joint-stock company Naftogaz of Ukraine hired the US law firm Covington & Burling LLP for $5.9 million to protect their rights and interests during the argument settlement with Russia about the seizure of the group’s assets in the Crimea.
The purchase of the service was part of a contractual procedure to attract skilled and highly qualified legal advisors to ensure the protection of the rights and interests of Ukraine …
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Russia to grant Cuba 2 billion euro for infrastructure projects
Russia has agreed to help Cuba modernize the railway network. The total cost of the project, which will be carried out with loan money and will amount to 2 billion euro, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told TASS.
Borisov said that the implementation of the project will take seven years and it will play a key role in the economy of Cuba”. “We agreed to break it down into two phases, optimize required loan resources, and we will begin specific work on the project soon,” he said.
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Tokyo rejects Putin’s proposal to increase trade between Russia and Japan to $30 billion
Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal made to increase trade between Russia and Japan to $30 billion made to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the talks on the Kuril Islands was not greeted by Japan.
The Japanese side did not give consent to Putin's plan, which called for an increase in investments in the Russian economy, to replenish it with technologies and to increase mutual trade by 1.5 times, the official representative of the Japanese Foreign Ministry told Kyodo.
“Mr. …
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Ukraine calls on PACE to adopt ‘Azov sanctions package’ against Russia
Ukraine calls on European partners to increase pressure on Russia and adopt the "Azov sanctions package" for seizing Ukrainian sailors in the Kerch Strait, said Iryna Herashchenko, the First Vice-Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada during a speech at the PACE.
“The Russian Federation has violated at least five articles of the European Convention on Human Rights. We urge our European partners to introduce new sanctions, namely the “Azov sanctions package” against the Russian Federation and the …