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Italian Eni suspends project with Russian oil conglomerate Rosneft due to US sanctions
The Italian company Eni has suspended its joint drilling with Rosneft in the Black Sea due to the threat of new US sanctions, and is awaiting clarification from the US. A statement to this effect was made by Chairwoman of the Board Emma Marcegaglia at a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
“We began drilling in the Black Sea with Rosneft. You know, new sanctions are expected from the US. Of course, before beginning the project, we investigated carefully and, of course, asked for US …
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Russian human rights group asks to maintain Russia’s presence in the Council of Europe
A number of prominent Russian human rights advocated headed by the leader of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, published an open letter asking not to allow Russia’s withdrawal from the Council of Europe.
"Every day, the probability of a complete breakdown of relations between the Council of Europe and Russia that would lead to the phasing out of a number of cooperative initiatives critical to legal and humanitarian progress at the Pan-European level is increasing," the letter …
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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 …