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Russia resumes gas deliveries to Ukraine
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has resumed shipments of natural gas to its embattled neighbor Ukraine for the first time since last July, when Moscow halted deliveries over a pricing dispute with Kyiv. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said his company had reopened the pipelines to Ukraine after receiving a prepayment of $234 million (205.3 million euros)...
Belarus re-elects ‘last dictator in Europe’ for fifth term
By Andrei Makhovsky Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko won a fifth term in office by a landslide on Sunday in an election that could see an easing of relations with the West and raise questions about his ties to Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Lukashenko’s re-election five years ago led to mass protests and the imprisonment of...
Russia resumes gas supplies to Ukraine
Russian gas giant Gazprom says it had resumed gas supplies to Ukraine …read more Source: World...
Russia resumes gas supplies to Ukraine: Gazprom
Russian gas giant Gazprom said Monday it had resumed gas supplies to Ukraine, adding that Moscow had received a $234 million pre-payment from Kiev …read more Source: The Daily...
Why Russia Needs Syria by Amy Knight | NYR Daily
Top, AFP/Getty Images; bottom, AP Photo/Sergei Chirikov, Pool Top, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev, 1980; bottom, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2005 Russia’s entry into the Syrian conflict has fundamentally changed the dynamic of the four-and-a-half-year-old war...
Belarus votes as Lukashenko aims to extend 21-year rule
MINSK — Belarussians began voting on Sunday in an election that is likely to see authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko claim a fifth term, with the EU possibly lifting sanctions against him if the polls take place without incident. Lukashenko, 61, a swaggering former collective farm director once called Europe’s last dictator by...
Ukraine Peace Talks Underway in Paris
Ukraine Peace Talks Underway in Paris …read more Source:...
$40-billion aid not enough for Ukraine’s economic stability: Minister
Ukrainian finance minister says a 40-billion-dollar aid package is not enough for Kiev’s economic stability. …read more Source:...
Egypt signs deal with France on two Mistral warships
Egypt has signed a deal with France to buy two warships that were originally ordered by Russia but whose sale was canceled by Paris due to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. According to Press TV, the contract was signed on Saturday by the French naval yard DCNS and the Egyptian military in the presence of French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and...
Russia Denies U.S. Claim That Missiles Aimed at Syria Hit Iran
Government OPEN Graphic the main story Related Coverage NATO, Tested by Russia in Syria, Raises Its Guard and Its ToneOCT. 8, 2015 Wary of Escalation in Syria, U.S. Is Waiting Out Putin’s MovesOCT. 8, 2015 News Analysis: An Opportune Moment for Russia’s Foray Into Syria OCT. 8, 2015 Russia’s Kalibr Cruise Missiles, a New Weapon...
