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Putin to spend €643mn on media this year
Russia is to spend €643 million this year on subsidising media, amid EU efforts to strike back at “disinformation” on the Ukraine war. …read more Source:...
Juncker: No more delay on Ukraine free trade
European Commission chief Juncker has said EU-Ukraine free trade should start next year, despite calls for another delay. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Shelling ‘intensifies’ ahead of EU-Ukraine summit
International monitors, the OSCE, say south-east Ukraine is seeing the “most intense shelling … since fighting began in the area in mid-February 2015” as EU and Ukraine leaders meeting in Kiev Monday. Monitor drones have also spotted “amassing of forces” by the pro-Russia side, including tanks, artillery, and...
[Agenda] Security issue and Ukraine top EU’s agenda this WEEK
The European Commission will this week unveil a “security agenda” for the EU, including how to tackle terrorism, organised crime and cyber crime. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Germany wants ‘flexibility’ on EU-Ukraine trade treaty
EU sources told EUobserver Friday that German FM Steinmeier wrote to EU commission head Juncker on 2 April urging “maximum flexibility” on the implementation of the EU-Ukraine free trade treaty in order to accommodate Russian “concerns”. The letter, leaked to RFE/RFL, indicates a softening of the German position on Russia....
[Ticker] Poland to deny entry to Putinist biker club
The Polish foreign ministry has told Russia’s Warsaw embassy the Night Wolves, a motorcycle club, whose leader is a friend of Russian president Putin and who championed Russia’s Crimea annexation, face “denial of entry” to Poland. The club had planned to ride through Poland to Berlin for a WWII memorial. …read more...
[Ticker] Russia says EU and US sanctions cost €25bn
Russian PM Medvedev said Wednesday EU and US sanctions cost his country €25bn in lost export income in first quarter 2015 and that the Russian economy shrank 2% in the same period. He noted the sanctions are due to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, which he compared to German reunification. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Nato to hold cyber defence drill in Estonia
About 400 computer experts will participate in a cyber security drill in Estonia this week, reports AP. The move is part of Nato’s attempt to boost its defences against potential hacking attacks and comes amid heightened tensions in eastern Europe following Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Medvedev – Sanctions over Crimea ‘price worth paying’
Western sanctions against Russia following its annexation of Crimea were a price worth paying, prime minister Dmitri Medvedev said Tuesday. In his annual statement to Parliament, Medvedev conceded that the sanctions, combined with the oil price slump, had done “meaningful” harm to the economy, amounting to €25 billion. …read more Source:...
Gazprom lobbyists get to work in EU capital
Gazprom lobbyists are saying that if EU anti-trust regulators crack down too hard, then Russia might retaliate on Ukraine …read more Source:...
