Russia-Ukraine latest updates: UN’s Guterres arrives in Ukraine Ukraine news from April 27: UN chief says humanitarian aid and securing evacuation of civilians are top priority. Al Jazeera · Apr 26, 2022
Russia warns Poland, Bulgaria of gas supply cuts on Wednesday Russian energy giant Gazprom has told Poland and Bulgaria it will halt gas supplies from Wednesday, in a major escalation of Russia's broader row with the West over its invasion of Ukraine. Reuters · Apr 26, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war: US urges Ukraine's allies to move at 'speed of war' to deliver more weapons to Kyiv — as it happened The US says allies need to deliver more and heavier weapons to Kyiv as Russian forces rain fire on eastern and southern Ukraine. ABC News · Apr 26, 2022
Russia says it has cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria Russia's state-run energy company Gazprom said it was "due to their failure to pay in rubles." Axios · Apr 26, 2022
Russia suspending gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria Officials in Poland and Bulgaria say Russia is suspending their countries’ natural gas deliveries starting on Wednesday The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022
Russia begins ‘gas blackmail’ of Poland and Bulgaria ahead of UK call to boost Ukraine military aid Move follows Warsaw’s imposition of sanctions on 50 entities and individuals including Russia’s biggest gas company The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2022
Sanctions won't stop Putin — this might All along, Putin has counted on the fact that Europe needs Russian gas. But that's also his Achilles heel Salon · Apr 24, 2022
Moldova pays Russia's Gazprom in full for April gas supplies Moldova has paid Russian gas producer Gazprom in full for its gas consumption in April, the head of state energy firm Moldovagaz Vadim Ceban said on Wednesday. Reuters · Apr 20, 2022
Russia’s Gazprom Continues Gas Exports to Europe via Ukraine Russian state-owned gas producer Gazprom continued to supply natural gas to Europe via Ukraine on Tuesday at the pace of 74.6 million cubic meters per day, in accordance with requests from European consumers, the company said. This was in line with the 74.5 mcm reported earlier by Interfax news agency,… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 12, 2022
New National Lottery operator warns Russian sanctions could hit business Allwyn’s parent company has links to Russian gas giant Gazprom, which has led to questions over its suitability being raised in Parliament. The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2022
Russia’s Gazprom Continues Piping Gas to Europe via Ukraine Russian state-owned gas producer Gazprom continued to supply natural gas to Europe via Ukraine on Thursday in line with requests from European consumers. Requests stood at 105.4 million cubic meters for April 7, down from the 108.4 million cubic meters requested on the previous day, the Interfax news agency reported,… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 7, 2022
Breaking Ranks with EU, Hungary Says Ready to Pay for Russian Gas in Roubles Hungary said on Wednesday it was prepared to pay roubles for Russian gas, breaking ranks with the European Union which has sought a united front in opposing Moscow's demand for payment in the currency. Hungary will pay for shipments in roubles if Russia asks it to, Prime Minister Viktor Orban… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 6, 2022
Baltic states end Russian gas imports – but can the rest of Europe follow suit? Global outrage over the gruesome killing of civilians in Ukraine's Bucha has heightened the pressure on Europe to halt its imports of Russian gas. Having led the way, Lithuania and its Baltic neighbours are urging their EU partners to join them in ending all purchases of Moscow’s “toxic” gas. France 24 · Apr 5, 2022
Russia maintains gas deliveries as Europe considers fresh sanctions Russia maintained gas flows through key pipeline routes into Europe on Monday, despite uncertainty over payment terms and as European leaders urged further sanctions against Moscow amid allegations of war crimes in Ukraine. Reuters · Apr 4, 2022
Daily Mirror · Apr 2, 2022 Lithuania first country to stop using Russian gas in milestone anti-Ukraine war move The Lithuanian Government announced that from the start of April the country has been operating without Russian gas before slamming the EU - which gets 40% of its crude from Gazprom - for failing to cut off its reliance on Russian energy
The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2022 Rising prices and wages land councils with their own cost-of-living crisis As the squeeze on household budgets tightens, many will turn to local authorities for help: but their councillors are also struggling with inflation
Financial Times · Apr 1, 2022 Poison, planes and Putin: Abramovich’s race to save a fortune and stop the war Since Ukraine was invaded, the Russian oligarch has been rushing to salvage his assets while conducting back-channel peace talks
Al Jazeera · Apr 1, 2022 Russia not turning off gas taps, buyers have weeks for rouble pay Kremlin says no immediate end to deliveries, decision about payments in roubles to come into effect from later in April.
Radio France Internationale · Apr 1, 2022 France, Germany prepare for potential halt of Russian gas imports Germany and France are preparing for Russian gas supplies to dry up after President Vladimir Putin announced that EU purchases must be made in rubles starting from 1 April. Berlin has already warned that Europe would not be "blackmailed" by Moscow.
Al Jazeera · Apr 1, 2022 What is behind Putin’s demand for Russian gas be paid in roubles? Moscow threatens to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency.
France 24 · Mar 31, 2022 France, Germany reject Putin demands for gas payments in roubles as 'blackmail' Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that all EU purchases of Russian gas must be made in roubles starting April 1, a demand immediately rejected by French and German officials who said they were preparing for a possible halt in Russian supplies. Europe will not be "blackmailed" by Putin, Germany's…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022 Why is Vladimir Putin demanding Russian gas is paid for in roubles? Plan could be extended to include exports of oil, grain, fertilisers, coal, metals and other key commodities
Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 30, 2022 All Russia’s Big Exports Could Soon Be in Roubles, Kremlin Signals The Kremlin indicated on Wednesday that all of Russia's energy and commodity exports could be priced in roubles, toughening President Vladimir Putin's attempt to make the West feel the pain of the sanctions it imposed for the invasion of Ukraine. With Russia's economy facing its gravest crisis since the 1991…
The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022 EXPLAINER: What would paying for natural gas in rubles mean? Russia is demanding payment in rubles for its natural gas exports to Europe
The Conversation · Mar 29, 2022 Vladimir Putin: risk-taker who is gambling his country's future In the early 1990s, when he was deputy mayor of St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin was known to a member of the city’s legislature, Viktor Talanov. A psychologist by profession, Talanov prepared a study of Putin in which he concluded that one of his subject’s fundamental psychological characteristics was a very…