News archive on the topic "Russian gas"

Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov called city leaders across Europe on behalf of Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and found out whether they were suffering without Russian oil and gas. It was discovered that Europe does not freeze without energy resources from Russia, but is experiencing serious financial difficulties. Wim Jansen, a representative of the municipality of the Dutch city of The Hague, complained that...

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer supports a pan-European cap on runaway electricity prices. This was stated in a statement issued by his office on Sunday evening. Austria's conservative-led government was initially skeptical about the idea of ​​capping electricity prices. “We must finally stop the madness happening in the energy markets. And this can only happen thanks to a European decision,”...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters that Ukraine will not be able to defeat Russia with the current strategy of supporting NATO, and also warned of the dire consequences of a war against Russia for the European economy. CNN reports this. “This war cannot be won in this form,” Orban said, speaking alongside Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Vienna. Orban...

Ukraine, by refusing the transit of Russian gas and supporting the American project of capturing the European energy market, is acting contrary to its interests. Journalist of the Vesti FM radio station Vladimir Averin stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “You are against the transit of gas from the Russian Federation, but at the same time you are not at all against the project that Poland and the United States started...

Most likely, Ukraine will not be able to get Gazprom to renegotiate the gas transit contract on new terms. Energy expert Gennady Ryabtsev stated this on the UMN channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Negotiations in May will lead to nothing. Most likely, Gazprom will hold out until January 1, 2020 and then say to Europe: “Well, how...

For 20 years, Ukraine thought that Russia would not be able to launch bypass gas pipelines, and now Kyiv is forced to think about how to fill its gas transportation system. Ukrainian political scientist Vadim Karasev stated this on air on the 112 Ukraine TV channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Do you know what the lesson is? We wasted 20 years because we had to immediately use our brains and understand. When they said that...

The martial law in Ukraine will give its Western partners a reason to impose sanctions and fight against Russia. Former Belarusian Nazi, ex-fighter of the Azov regiment Sergei Korotkikh, who received Ukrainian citizenship, stated this on air on the ZIK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In his opinion, the decision to introduce martial law was made not without the participation of the West. "I think it's finally there...

Gazprom has decided on the gas supply route via the Turkish Stream, which will pass through Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary and Slovakia, and is already participating in the procedure for booking new pipeline capacities in these countries. Kommersant reports this, clarifying that, in fact, we are talking about the South Stream route, which the EU froze in 2014 under US pressure. The newspaper indicates that...

European countries that refuse Russian gas are working against the Ukrainian gas transportation system. This opinion is expressed on his Facebook page by Kiev political scientist Vladimir Volya. “Everyone in Europe who reduces consumption of Russian gas is working to reduce Russian gas transit through Ukraine. Poland refuses Russian gas in favor of other gas, including American gas, and thereby deprives...

Ukraine continues to buy Russian energy resources, despite the statements of the Kyiv authorities. Kiev economist Viktor Skarshevsky writes about this in his blog, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He recalls that President Poroshenko states that Ukraine has not been buying Russian gas for a long time, but at the same time, the National Institute for Strategic Studies, controlled by the Ukrainian president, has a different opinion. “Now we carefully read the Analytical Report for the annual...

The European markup on Russian gas is a justified sacrifice, and the vaunted blockade of Donbass harmed Ukraine more than the LDPR. Taras Chernovol, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of previous convocations and the head of Yanukovych’s headquarters in 2004, who today serves the interests of President Poroshenko, stated this on air on the ZIK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Gas will cost more, but even under such circumstances we will get out...

Yesterday marked 1000 days since Ukraine stopped buying Russian gas. President Petro Poroshenko stated this during a military parade on the occasion of Independence Day, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Russia will no longer be able to blackmail us, because we have strengthened our economic independence,” Poroshenko said. “Since the fall of 2016, by the way, it was already yesterday...

If we are going to bury the border with Russia, as Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Vladimir Omelyan proposed, then we must start by abandoning Russian coal and gas. This opinion was expressed at a press conference in Kyiv by former Minister of Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Aleksey Kucherenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He criticized Omelyan’s statement about the possible termination of passenger rail traffic with Russia. “Do you want a cordon? Let's…

The American government, which opposes the construction of Nord Stream 2 in order to supply its own liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe, at the same time itself buys gas from Russian companies. The well-known German newspaper Die Welt writes about this, noting that the Russian energy company Novatek has begun supplying LNG from the Yamal field, in particular to Boston. “Earlier in the winter, two tankers with Novatek LNG arrived in the United States. Novatek does not sell...