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    Ukrainians outraged by Russian exhibition at international human rights conference
    Sep26

    Ukrainians outraged by Russian exhibition at international human rights conference

    Ukrainian delegates to an international security conference in Warsaw this week complained about a Russian photo exhibition depicting the war in Ukraine from a Russian perspective. …read more Source: FOX...

    EU Rejects Putin Demand For Ukraine Deal Changes
    Sep26

    EU Rejects Putin Demand For Ukraine Deal Changes

    BRUSSELS: The European Union said on Friday (Sep 26) that Russian President Vladimir Putin had written to Brussels demanding changes to a landmark EU-Ukraine accord, but it ruled out reopening the deal without Kiev’s consent. Putin’s letter to European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso reportedly threatened retaliatory measures if...

    Obama Adopts a Reactive Approach Rather Than Showing Leadership
    Sep26

    Obama Adopts a Reactive Approach Rather Than Showing Leadership

    President Barack Obama has chosen, once again, an “in-between” approach to keep all his options open, no matter how contradictory they are. The anti-ISIS coalition operations started by imposing U.S. priorities on the members of the alliance, with the US insisting that that their concerns must wait because the US has priorities...

    Russia, Ukraine agree gas deal, says EU energy chief
    Sep26

    Russia, Ukraine agree gas deal, says EU energy chief

    Berlin (AFP) – Russia is ready to restore gas deliveries to Ukraine if Kiev pays its energy giant Gazprom $3.1 billion (2.4 billion euros) by late December, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said Friday.Gazprom is ready to deliver at least five billion cubic metres of gas in the coming months if there is an advance payment,...

    EU Condemns Russia for Barring Entry to MEP
    Sep26

    EU Condemns Russia for Barring Entry to MEP

    The European Union has condemned Russia Friday for barring entry to a European legislator. The 28-nation bloc characterized as “unacceptable” the decision to bar entry to Rebecca Harms, a German member of European Parliament who co-chairs the Green group. The EU said Harms had checked with Russian authorities before traveling. European Parliament...

    Ukraine, Russia Strike Interim Gas Deal
    Sep26

    Ukraine, Russia Strike Interim Gas Deal

    The European Union, Ukraine, and Russia have agreed on an interim solution for natural gas flows which could prevent energy shortages in both Ukraine and EU countries this winter. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Russia, Ukraine in talks on gas as winter looms
    Sep26

    Russia, Ukraine in talks on gas as winter looms

    BERLIN (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are holding talks to solve their long-running gas dispute as pressure mounts for a solution to head off a winter supply crisis in Ukraine and beyond. Friday’s meeting in Berlin between the Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers, brokered by EU energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger, … …read more...

    EU Proposes Deal Help Ukraine Pay Russia Gas Debts
    Sep26

    EU Proposes Deal Help Ukraine Pay Russia Gas Debts

    BERLIN—A top European Union official is proposing a deal under which Ukraine would undertake to pay part of its gas debt to Russia, while Russia would guarantee to deliver gas over the winter. EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger proposed after meeting the Ukrainian and Russian energy ministers that Kiev undertake to pay $2 billion to Moscow...

    EU proposing deal to ensure Ukraine gas supplies
    Sep26

    EU proposing deal to ensure Ukraine gas supplies

    A top European Union official is proposing a deal under which Ukraine would undertake to pay part of its gas debt to Russia, while Russia would guarantee to deliver gas over the winter. …read more Source: FOX...

    Secretive Russian Oil Giant Has No Fear of Sanctions
    Sep26

    Secretive Russian Oil Giant Has No Fear of Sanctions

    While most Russian oil tycoons and Kremlin energy officials are calculating billions of losses that could result from Western sanctions, one of them is counting his blessings. Vladimir Bogdanov’s Surgutneftegas has no Western debts, no foreign partners on its huge Siberian fields and uses no Western drilling technology, making it virtually...