Gazprom beats record of gas supplies to Europe third time in row
Gazprom’s daily supplies of natural gas to non-CIS countries amounted to 587.8 mln cubic meters on October 20 and were above historic figures of two prior days, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian gas holding Alexei Miller said on Friday in an interview with NTV TV Channel. “This week has become a record-breaking for Gazprom. On October 20 we again improved the all-time high daily gas export to non-CIS countries, for the...
Norwegian minister says Russia, Norway in talks over gas exports to Europe
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has discussed with his Norwegian counterpart Tord Lien common interests on the European gas market, Lien told journalists on the sidelines of the 15th International Energy Forum. “We discussed common interests in Europe, as it is a very important consumer [of gas] both for Norway and Russia,” Lien said when answering a TASS question on the topic of the meeting with the Russian...
Russia appeals against WTO decision on European pork supplies ban
Russia filed an appeal against the decision of the World Trade Organization (WTO) pertaining to the ban on pork supplies from the European Union due to the African Swine Fever (ASF), Ministry of Economic Development said on Friday. On August 19, the panel of arbiters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) found that the restrictions that Russia had introduced on imports of pork and live pigs from the EU countries due to an outbreak of...
Lavrov: Europe is trying to “cut” relations with Russia under US pressure
Europe is trying to “cut” relations with Russia under US pressure, such priority of political values over economic ones contradicts the West’s permanent ideology, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview for the Council for the Foreign and Defense Policy timed to the opening of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). “Europe now itself wants to ‘cut’ its relations with us under orders from...
Ambassador: Europe’s Kosovo is dimmed area used by criminals, extremists
Kosovo is a dimmed area in the heart of Europe and an abode for criminals and radical extremists, the Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin said on Thursday as he took the floor at a session of the UN Security Council, which discussed the Kosovo peace settlement. “The feebleness of the agencies of law and order and the security system on the whole, the region (Kosovo) represents a dimmed area in the heart of Europe, which...
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