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Head of Naftogaz: Ukraine is mandated to buy Russian gas
The purchase of Russian gas is beneficial from the point of view of commercial logic, since the court set the price of gas purchases below European market value, stated Andriy Kobolyev, the chairman of the board of Naftogaz of Ukraine on Channel 5 TV.
Kobolyev said, “We have completely annulled $56 billion and this cancellation was not for nothing. The court believes that the contract still exists. Half of the import needs is exactly the balance between Russia and Europe with the line between …
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Russia bans the political satire movie 'The Death of Stalin'
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation withdrew the distribution certificate for the film "The Death of Stalin" by British director Armando Iannucci.
The film had already received a distribution certificate and Volga Films was planning to screen it in Russia. When the movie was shown for the second time, the Ministry of Culture decided to stop it from being screened further.
Earlier, lawyers of the Ministry of Culture sent a letter to the Russian Minister of Culture, Vladimir …
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International Olympic Committee prohibits fans from using Russian flag during the games
The Chief Editor of the sports broadcast of Russian Channel One, Vasily Konov, indicated that fans will be prohibited from bringing flags of the countries who are not participating in the Olympic Games into the games, as he wrote on his Twitter page. "Russia will not participate in the Olympic Games. That is, formally, the Russian flag is also banned at all facilities of the Games,” he wrote.
The users of the social network reacted strongly against this information. Russian users offered to …
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Russian journalists flying in to interview President Dodon denied entry to Moldova
In Moldova, border guards did not let the crew of the Russian television channel RTVI that arrived in the country to interview the president, Igor Dodon. According to the website of the channel, RTVI employees arrived in Chisinau on a flight from Moscow on the evening of January 23rd.
The visit was approved by the presidential administration. "Despite the fact that the journalists showed the border guards an official invitation from the President of the country and a letter from RTVI …
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Kremlin warns Microsoft of multibillion dollar losses if it complies with US sanctions against Russia
Software giant Microsoft could lose several billion dollars’ worth of market revenue in Russia due to US sanctions, said Nikolai Nikiforov, the Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation to journalists on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, TASS reports.
"[The sanctions] will end with the fact that Microsoft will lose a market worth several billion dollars in terms of its corporate and government clients in our country," Nikiforov stated. He added that …