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World

New Year’s swap: Dozens head home as Ukraine & breakaway Donbass conduct ‘all for all’ prisoner exchange

Posted on December 29, 2019By Editor

Kiev is exchanging dozens of prisoners with the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk republics in the first such effort in two years. The swap was given a boost at the recent Normandy Four talks in Paris. … Read More >New Year’s swap: Dozens head home as Ukraine & breakaway Donbass conduct ‘all for all’ prisoner exchange

Russia

Gazprom Completes $2.9 Bln Payment to Ukraine’s Naftogaz in Move to Settle Long-Running Gas Dispute

Posted on December 27, 2019December 27, 2019By Editor

Gazprom has completed a $2.9 billion payment to Naftogaz on the basis of the ruling of the Stockholm Arbitration Court, a spokesman from the Russian company confirmed Friday. … Read More >Gazprom Completes $2.9 Bln Payment to Ukraine’s Naftogaz in Move to Settle Long-Running Gas Dispute

Russia & Ukraine to drop reciprocal claims and lift asset seizures as part of new gas transit agreement

Posted on December 27, 2019December 27, 2019By Editor

Transit of Russian gas by Ukraine will be carried out on mutually beneficial and acceptable conditions for both parties, according to Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak. … Read More >Russia & Ukraine to drop reciprocal claims and lift asset seizures as part of new gas transit agreement

Moscow & Kiev reach ‘agreement in principle’ on new gas transit deal

Posted on December 20, 2019December 20, 2019By Editor

Russian and Ukrainian delegations have reached a preliminary gas transit agreement after intense negotiations in Berlin as the current contract is set to expire at the end of the year. … Read More >Moscow & Kiev reach ‘agreement in principle’ on new gas transit deal

Putin confirms Russia ready to give Ukraine 25% discount on natural gas

Posted on December 19, 2019December 19, 2019By Editor

Moscow will seek a mutually acceptable solution in the gas transit dispute with Kiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. … Read More >Putin confirms Russia ready to give Ukraine 25% discount on natural gas

If Washington wants to help Ukraine, it should give Kiev money – Putin

Posted on December 19, 2019December 19, 2019By Editor

The United States does not provide real support to Ukraine, only promising guarantees for possible loans, which is not real money, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. … Read More >If Washington wants to help Ukraine, it should give Kiev money – Putin

USA

Rudy Giuliani Can Barely Contain Himself Over His Ukraine Findings [video]

Posted on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019By Editor

For the past several weeks, the personal attorney to President Trump has been in Ukraine, interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence to shed light on what the Bidens … Read More >Rudy Giuliani Can Barely Contain Himself Over His Ukraine Findings [video]

Russia offers Ukraine cheaper gas under new transit deal, Kiev promises to drop $3bn demand

Posted on December 11, 2019December 11, 2019By Editor

The price of gas for Ukraine may be lower if Moscow and Kiev manage to reach a new transit agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin told at a press conference after the Normandy Four summit in Paris. … Read More >Russia offers Ukraine cheaper gas under new transit deal, Kiev promises to drop $3bn demand

Russia

Putin: If Kiev gets control of rebel-held border with Russia, a Srebrenica-type massacre may follow

Posted on December 11, 2019December 11, 2019By Editor

Moscow is concerned that if Kiev troops take control of the border between Russia and eastern Ukraine without ironclad guarantees to anti-government militias, a massacre not unlike the one in ex-Yugoslav Srebrenica may occur. … Read More >Putin: If Kiev gets control of rebel-held border with Russia, a Srebrenica-type massacre may follow

EU

Russia’s Putin meets Ukraine’s Zelensky for the very 1st time at Paris summit

Posted on December 10, 2019December 10, 2019By Editor

The Russian and Ukrainian presidents have come face-to-face for the very first time on the grounds of the Normandy Four summit in Paris, which focuses on the years-long conflict in eastern Ukraine. … Read More >Russia’s Putin meets Ukraine’s Zelensky for the very 1st time at Paris summit