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Last-ditch attempt to stop Nord Stream 2: US Senate passes Pentagon budget that includes Russian pipeline sanctions

Posted on December 17, 2019December 17, 2019By Editor

The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act just approved by the US Senate includes a bill sanctioning companies involved in building the almost-finished Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. … Read More >Last-ditch attempt to stop Nord Stream 2: US Senate passes Pentagon budget that includes Russian pipeline sanctions

‘We must show US that the jokes are over’: Top German MP says Berlin shouldn’t sit idle as Washington hampers its energy projects

Posted on December 14, 2019December 14, 2019By Editor

As the US braces to slap sanctions on European firms building the last leg of the Russia-Germany Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a senior MP in Berlin argues that formal protests don’t work anymore – but a strong response could. … Read More >‘We must show US that the jokes are over’: Top German MP says Berlin shouldn’t sit idle as Washington hampers its energy projects

Russia

Russia declares personae non gratae 2 German Embassy diplomats over Berlin murder case – Foreign Ministry

Posted on December 12, 2019December 12, 2019By Editor

Moscow has decided to expel two German diplomats working at the embassy in Russia, the Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. The mirror action was anticipated after a similar move was made by Berlin last week. … Read More >Russia declares personae non gratae 2 German Embassy diplomats over Berlin murder case – Foreign Ministry

Business

Germany rejects any extraterritorial sanctions against Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline – Foreign Ministry

Posted on December 12, 2019By Editor

Berlin has reaffirmed its support for the Russia-led gas pipeline despite the threat of new US sanctions against European firms involved in the project. Nord Stream 2 will be completed, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. … Read More >Germany rejects any extraterritorial sanctions against Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline – Foreign Ministry

Berlin warns US against interference into EU affairs, rejects sanctions pressure

Posted on December 12, 2019December 12, 2019By Editor

Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has lashed out at Washington over its continued attempts to derail a Russian gas pipeline project to Germany. Berlin “rejects on principle” extraterritorial sanctions, he said. … Read More >Berlin warns US against interference into EU affairs, rejects sanctions pressure

Georgian killed in Berlin was a murderer & terrorist, but ‘I don’t know what happened to him’ – Putin

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

The Georgian national killed in Berlin was a murderous terrorist, but Russia had nothing to do with his death, President Vladimir Putin said. He was commenting on Germany’s expulsion of two Russian diplomats … Read More >Georgian killed in Berlin was a murderer & terrorist, but ‘I don’t know what happened to him’ – Putin

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

Op-ed

Normandy Four summit on Ukraine’s future: What’s at stake?

Posted on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019By Editor

Paris is set to host the first summit of the so-called Normandy Four in over three years. The rendezvous is possible thanks to a change of power in Ukraine and a very active stance by Macron. What are the stakeholders’ cards? … Read More >Normandy Four summit on Ukraine’s future: What’s at stake?

Business

Germany will respond if US sanctions gas pipeline from Russia – Bundestag member

Posted on December 5, 2019December 5, 2019By Editor

Berlin will consider countermeasures if the US imposes sanctions on Nord Stream 2, the pipeline that will deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany, the head of the Bundestag’s Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy has said. … Read More >Germany will respond if US sanctions gas pipeline from Russia – Bundestag member

‘Unfriendly and unjustified’: Moscow slams Germany’s decision to expel 2 Russian diplomats, promises to retaliate

Posted on December 4, 2019December 4, 2019By Editor

The expulsion of Russian diplomats by Germany is an unfriendly and unjustified move, the Russian Foreign Ministry believes. It promised to respond in kind. … Read More >‘Unfriendly and unjustified’: Moscow slams Germany’s decision to expel 2 Russian diplomats, promises to retaliate

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