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Kyiv estimates Russia lost $5 billion in attempts to block Ukraine’s gas imports
Russian Gazprom tried to block Ukrainian gas imports from Europe and spent billions of dollars on these unsuccessful attempts, according to Yuriy Vitrenko, the Managing Director for Business Development at the national joint-stock company Naftogaz of Ukraine.
"We buy gas from the largest European gas companies. A lot of them produce gas themselves. Many also buy gas from other producing companies, including from Gazprom, which prevented us from buying gas in Europe. According to current …
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Former PM Azarov expressed his wish to return to Ukraine
The congress of the so-called Union of Political Migrants and Prisoners of Ukraine, under the leadership of the former prime minister of Ukraine, Mykola Azarov, who fled to the Russian Federation during Maidan, was held in Russia.
“Each of the participants of the congress has had a difficult fate, they had to leave their native land in challenging conditions, go through tortures and abuses,” Azarov wrote on his Facebook page on November 27.
The former prime minister of Ukraine added that a …
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European Commission President sees no argument for lifting sanctions on Russia
The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, stated in his interview to Euronews that he sees no argument for lifting sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation for its occupation of the Crimea and aggression in the Donbas.
“So far, I haven’t seen any argument for an immediate lifting of sanctions imposed against Russia. I would like to have an agreement with Russia that would go beyond ordinary boundaries; I mean that there is no security in Europe without Russia,” …
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US reconnaissance aircraft monitors Russian ships in the Mediterranean
A US Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft monitored the Russian Navy’s flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea, Interfax reported, citing websites that track the movement of military aircraft.
A P-8A with tail number 168858 reportedly took off from the Sigonella airbase in Sicily and proceeded to monitor the Russian flotilla which is currently located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea where it is participating in military operations in support of the Syrian government.
At approximately the …
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Analyst: Iran could allow Russia to use Hamadan airbase
An expert from the Association of Military Political Analysts and an Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology from the Russian University of Economics, retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Perendzhiev, believes that Russia can use the Nojeh airbase in Hamadan on a temporary basis, and in the future, lease it for several years as had been offered by the Iranian Minister of Defense, Hossein Dehghan.
According to the Tasnim News Agency, the Minister of Defense of Iran, Hossein …