(Reuters) -Alexander Novak, the deputy prime minister of Russia, told the state-run TASS news agency that Moscow is prepared to restart gas shipments to Europe via the Yamal-Europe Pipeline. As long as there is a gas deficit, the European market is still relevant, and we have every chance of restartingContinue Reading
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain slapped sanctions on 30 people globally on Friday, including Russian and Iranian authorities, for acts of torture, sexual abuse, and violent repression of public movements. The action comes a day after France imposed additional European Union sanctions against Iran for human rights violations in its securityContinue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Despite strikes on Ukraine’s power system and other crucial winter infrastructure, US intelligence expects the slowed tempo of combat to continue in the coming months and finds no sign of a diminished Ukrainian determination to resist, according to the Director of National Intelligence on Saturday.Continue Reading
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian soldiers moved in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, blasting important cities and intending “to destroy everything there,” as Moscow signalled it was preparing for a long war with its neighbour. Zelensky grieved the thousands of Ukrainian men and women who have died three months after RussiaContinue Reading
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu reviewed areas of mutual cooperation, including as commerce and investment, development and education, and international forum partnership. They met on the fringes of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual conference in Davos, according to a news release from theContinue Reading
On Saturday, Russia cut off gas supplies to Finland, escalating a dispute with the West over energy costs, and intensified an offensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. Russia is mounting what appears to be a significant offensive in Luhansk, one of two provinces in Donbas, after ending weeks of resistanceContinue Reading
Finland’s parliament unanimously adopted a proposal to join the NATO military alliance on Tuesday, marking a historic policy shift in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On Sunday, President Sauli Niinisto and the administration announced that Finland will seek for membership, but the decision was still subject to parliament’s approval.Continue Reading
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Sweden and Finland joining NATO would pose no threat to Russia, but that moving troops or weapons into the Nordic neighbours would elicit a “response.” With Moscow pressing its assault in Ukraine’s eastern border regions nearly three months into its invasion, Helsinki andContinue Reading
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Friday that his country is “not favourable” to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, implying that Turkey could use its veto power as a member of the Western military alliance to prevent the two countries from entering. “We are closely monitoring developments in Sweden andContinue Reading
As the crisis in Ukraine choked supplies of Russian gas to Europe and the number of people fleeing the nation reached six million, Finland took a step toward fast-track NATO membership on Thursday, prompting a sharp warning from the Kremlin. Finland’s politicians said that their country must apply to joinContinue Reading
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