Poroshenko: Stockholm arbitration tribunal’s decision on the lawsuit of Naftogaz vs. Gazprom was a 'convincing victory'
President Petro Poroshenko considers the decision of the arbitral tribunal under the auspices of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce a victory in the lawsuit of Naftogaz Ukrainy against the Russian Gazprom under the gas supply contract. This was reported on the president's website.
"Our joint effort, made by NATO and legal representatives and the Foreign Ministry team, which also helped us a lot, together with the position of the President’s administration and the …
Putin: In a war between the US and Russia, no one would survive
No one would survive a massive armed conflict between Russia and the United States, as stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview with American film director Oliver Stone.
Stone asked Putin if the United States could, in the opinion of the Russian leader, win in an armed conflict between the two countries.
"I think that no one would survive," Putin said.
The Russian president also answered Stone's question as to whether Donald Trump's election to the post of US President …
Lavrov: Russia could impose restrictions on Moldovan migrants in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Moldova, Moscow could impose restrictions on the work of Moldovan migrant workers, but the Russian authorities decided not to resort to this decision.
"President Putin decided not to do this at this stage. He communicated with Moldovan President Igor Dodon in St. Petersburg and they reached such an agreement," TASS quoted Lavrov as saying.
According to the head of the Russian diplomatic …
Russian Alfa-Bank refuses to leave Ukraine
According to the co-owner of one of the biggest private banks, Petr Aven, Russian Alfa-Bank is not going to sell their business in Ukraine. “We have not made a decision [to sell our Ukrainian business] yet. We’ve decided to work there. We are not a state bank,” he said during a television interview on channel Russia 24, RIA Novosti reports.
Even so, Aven professes that it is difficult for Alfa-Bank to work in Ukraine. "We have had 80 attacks on different bank branches in different cities in …
Poroshenko signed into law a 75% quota on the use of the Ukrainian language on television
President Petro Poroshenko reported on Twitter that he just signed into law a 75% quota on the use of the Ukrainian language on television.
"I would like to thank the media representatives for their proposals on the introduction of quotas and the return of the Ukrainian language to Ukrainian media. I signed the relevant law," the President wrote.
"Here the laurels belong to you. This is your initiative and your proposal, which I simply supported. People's deputies did their job perfectly and …