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Oct 27, 2021 19:13
To secure sufficient winter gas supplies for all of Europe, Russian energy giant Gazprom must start increasing volumes in its EU storage units, once it satisfies domestic demand, President Vladimir Putin ordered on Wednesday.
- Russia advises countries bordering Afghanistan to shut out NATO forces from region after Taliban takes control after US withdrawal
Moscow has called on Central Asian nations to reject any plans for NATO troops to be stationed in the region around Afghanistan, following the US-led bloc's hurried withdrawal from Kabul and the fall of the city to the Taliban.Oct 27, 2021 19:04 - US withdrawal from nuclear treaty risks sparking ‘new arms race’ in Asia, Putin says, after claims China tested hypersonic missileWashington’s decision to pull out of a Cold War-era nuclear weapons deal could lead to escalating tensions and a standoff between world powers in East Asia, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned, calling for urgent dialogue.Oct 27, 2021 13:03
- Russia’s planned go-it-alone orbital space station could replace aging & deteriorating international ISS, suggests Roscomos headThe planned Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), an inhabited satellite scheduled to be fired into the cosmos in 2025, may be used as a prototype to replace the aging International Space Station (ISS) once it is decommissioned.Oct 27, 2021 14:56
- Make Covid-19 jabs compulsory, Russian bosses demand, as business fears big losses from new ‘non-working days’ after record deathsA group of Russian trade associations have urged the government not to shutter shops as part of a new plan to drive down the sharp spike in coronavirus cases across the country, arguing instead that jabs should become mandatory.Oct 27, 2021 13:45
- Amid gas supply shortages & surging prices, Putin directs Gazprom to fill EU storage units once Russian domestic demand satisfiedTo secure sufficient winter gas supplies for all of Europe, Russian energy giant Gazprom must start increasing volumes in its EU storage units, once it satisfies domestic demand, President Vladimir Putin ordered on Wednesday.Oct 27, 2021 19:13
- Russia advises countries bordering Afghanistan to shut out NATO forces from region after Taliban takes control after US withdrawalMoscow has called on Central Asian nations to reject any plans for NATO troops to be stationed in the region around Afghanistan, following the US-led bloc's hurried withdrawal from Kabul and the fall of the city to the Taliban.Oct 27, 2021 19:04
- Russia’s planned go-it-alone orbital space station could replace aging & deteriorating international ISS, suggests Roscomos headThe planned Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), an inhabited satellite scheduled to be fired into the cosmos in 2025, may be used as a prototype to replace the aging International Space Station (ISS) once it is decommissioned.Oct 27, 2021 14:56
- Putin used Valdai speech to champion ‘moderate conservatism,’ but West’s insistence on seeing Russia as a threat could lead to warWith Russia facing tough new Covid-19 restrictions, grappling with growing tensions with the NATO military bloc, and still trying to work out US President Joe Biden's true intentions there will be a lot on Vladimir Putin's mind.Oct 27, 2021 13:49
- Make Covid-19 jabs compulsory, Russian bosses demand, as business fears big losses from new ‘non-working days’ after record deathsA group of Russian trade associations have urged the government not to shutter shops as part of a new plan to drive down the sharp spike in coronavirus cases across the country, arguing instead that jabs should become mandatory.Oct 27, 2021 13:45
- Russia denies state energy giant made secret offer to end Moldova’s gas crisis in return for country turning its back on EU dealMoscow has categorically denied reports that Russian state energy firm Gazprom offered Moldova a sweetheart deal on discounted gas in exchange for political concessions, as the Eastern European nation struggles with shortages.Oct 27, 2021 13:20
- WATCH: Lion saved from captivity & nursed to health by Russian vets flown to Tanzania to start new life on Mount KilimanjaroA lion named Simba saved by animal-rights activists from captivity in Russia’s Dagestan region has been flown to Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, after vets in the city of Chelyabinsk spent over a year nursing him back to health.Oct 27, 2021 13:06
- US withdrawal from nuclear treaty risks sparking ‘new arms race’ in Asia, Putin says, after claims China tested hypersonic missileWashington’s decision to pull out of a Cold War-era nuclear weapons deal could lead to escalating tensions and a standoff between world powers in East Asia, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned, calling for urgent dialogue.Oct 27, 2021 13:03
- Time to stock up on dung? Ukrainian MP tells citizens to collect & store MANURE for energy as country awaits possible fuel crisisUkrainian citizens can’t rely on the government in Kiev for energy and should take matters into their own hands by collecting manure and drying it out before the bitterly cold winter comes, a long-serving opposition MP has warned.Oct 27, 2021 10:47
- Ukraine claims first-ever use of state-of-the-art Turkish combat drone in country’s Donbass region, violating ceasefire agreementUkraine’s Army announced on Tuesday that it had successfully fired a missile from a Turkish Bayraktar drone in the Donbass for the first-ever time, publishing a video that allegedly shows a piece of artillery being destroyed.Oct 27, 2021 09:01
- ‘We’ll take back the gold, then Crimea,’ Ukrainian president threatens, after Dutch court hands haul of ancient artifacts to KievA court in the Netherlands has sparked a fierce war of words between politicians in Crimea and Kiev, ruling that, after a lengthy legal battle, a trove of golden relics from the peninsula should now be handed over to Ukraine.Oct 26, 2021 19:48
- Nord Stream 2 ‘does not endanger’ security of EU gas supply, German government tells regulator, urging pipeline’s certificationThe German Ministry of Economics and Technology has advised the country's national energy regulator to proceed with certifying the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, saying it poses no threat to the security of the German or EU gas supply.Oct 26, 2021 17:35
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