Contents tagged with EU
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Poroshenko: Kremlin’s purpose is the revision of the European course of Ukraine
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko said in his Day of Dignity and Freedom speech that Russia is attempting to destabilize the country in order to ensure early parliamentary elections, strengthen pro-Russian positions in the new Parliament and, in the end, cancel the European course of Ukraine.
“The enemy not only attacks from the outside but also undermines our country from the inside. The Kremlin’s purpose includes constant internal destabilization, anarchy, early parliamentary …
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Russia initiated gas talks with the EU and Ukraine
Russia fears that Ukraine will not have enough stored gas for winter and so initiated trilateral consultations with the participation of an EU representative.
This was announced by the head of the Russian Ministry of Energy, Alexander Novak.
“We have been instructed to conduct appropriate negotiations and consultations in the near future. We are now negotiating the date of European Commission Vice President Mr. Maroš Šefčovič’s arrival in Russia. We are going to discuss issues concerning a …
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Media: The EU and US will discuss sanctions against Russia
On the 18th of November, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the leaders of five EU countries will discuss the extension of sanctions against Russia, as reported by Reuters, citing several sources. According to the news outlet, this issue will be discussed at a meeting in Berlin with the participation of the leaders of Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain.
Reuters also indicated that Donald Trump, who won the U.S. Presidential election, has …
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Mogherini: EU considers maintaining Ukraine's status as gas transit country to be important
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, stated that the European Union still believes that it is strategically important to maintain the role of Ukraine as a transit country for gas, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
“The EU Council previously noted that it believes it to be strategically important for Ukraine to maintain their status as a transit country for gas,” Mogherini said at a press conference in Brussels, replying to a …
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Mogherini: The EU will not change its policy towards Russia, even if the US does
The EU “will not change its policy towards Russia” even if the US does. This was stated by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, after an emergency meeting of foreign ministers convened to discuss the outcome of the US election.
“The EU has a very principal position on the annexation of the Crimea and the situation in Ukraine. This position will not change, regardless of possible changes in the positions of other countries, particularly, the …
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Russia wants to organize freight traffic with the EU bypassing Poland
Russia’s Ministry of Transport is considering a possible increase in ferry line freight transportation routes, which bypass Poland, between Russia and the European Union (EU).
This is according to a statement of the Rosavtotrans state transport agency. This issue was discussed by the management of Dutch company, DFDS, and Russia’s Deputy Minister of Transport, Nikolay Asaul. They also discussed the development of a draft memorandum.
Russian officials hope that transporters will be able to …
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Juncker asserts that the creation of a European army is inevitable
In the long term, the U.S. will refuse to provide European security, which is why it's necessary to seriously consider the creation of a European army, according to the head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, RIA Novosti reports.
"We need to give a new course to the issue of a European Defense Union up to the creation of a European army. This is the music of the future and it has already sounded but many Europeans are not hearing it yet," Juncker said, but also added that the EU …
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Russian minister: Moscow is willing to lift sanctions if the EU does the same
Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukayev stated that Russia is determined to lift the mutual sanctions with the European Union. However, the European partners themselves have not yet demonstrated good will regarding this issue.
“The best proposal would be a mutual refusal from these restrictions. We would welcome it but unfortunately, our partners, including European partners, have not demonstrated the proper good will,” Ulyukayev said at the meeting with Italian entrepreneurs, …
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Media: EU expands sanctions against Crimean officials
The European Union agreed on the introduction of new personal sanctions against Crimean officials, Reuters reports, indicating that this decision was based on the accession of the Crimea to Russia.
According to the newspaper Delfi, the decision was made at the request of Lithuania and was formally approved at a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the Council of the European Union.
It was noted that the sanctions will affect the six deputies of the State Duma who were …
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The European Union is offering to help Ukraine draft laws on the seizure of illegally acquired assets
The head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Hugues Mingarelli, stated that the European Union offered Ukraine expert assistance in the development and implementation of laws on the seizure of illegally acquired assets, the minister of justice of Ukraine, Pavlo Petrenko, reported on his Facebook page.
“The development and adoption of legislation that will enable the state to return illegally acquired assets became a separate paragraph of the dialogue. In particular, Mr. Ambassador proposed to …