The gas transit via Ukraine after 2024 will depend on the additional volumes purchased from Gazprom by EU traders under the new contracts. This confirms that Ukraine’s fears of Gazprom’s use of gas as a…
Russian Repression
June 30, 2021
On 1 July 2020, Putin introduced a new time system for Russia. He began the “chronicle of the new time” with the “new” year 1937. Having reset presidential term limits to zero, the now “lifelong”…
Russia Starts to Fill Nord Stream 2 with Gas
June 11, 2021
Nord Stream 2 will start to be filled with gas on 11 June as the offshore section of the gas pipeline’s first string is technically complete, Russian media reported with reference to the Nord Stream 2 operator. “The offshore part of one line…
The European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs recently published a draft report with recommendations for the EU leadership on how to build relations with Russia. The document sets out five principles to underpin the cooperation of the…
Ukrainian diplomats state that Russia’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies is not unexpected for Ukraine and other parties to the Treaty. “In that way, Moscow’s course deliberately launched back in the mid-2000s reaches…
The hearing on the merits in the criminal proceedings over the downing of Flight MH17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over Donbas started at the Schiphol Judicial Complex in the Netherlands. Judges, prosecutors, lawyers…
‘Russian World’ Posing Threat Not Only to Countries with Russian-Speaking Population, but Russia Itself
June 7, 2021
The “Russian world” poses a threat not only to countries with a Russian-speaking population but also to Russia itself. A corresponding statement was made by participants in an expert discussion on the topic of “Russian…
Russia Bombarding Voronezh
June 5, 2021
Kremlin’s irrational policy deprives Russia of its allies and brings the West to its senses On the night of 4 June, powerful explosions rocked the warehouses in the Sloboda plant in the Serbian town of…
“Export of Russian Corruption. 1st Report – Medicine” – this is the name of the report that describes the situation in Russia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper was presented at the online event of Friends of…
Dmytro Kuleba Outlines Three Priorities of Cooperation Between Ukraine and Central Five Countries
May 14, 2021
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba took part in the meeting of the chief diplomats of the Central Five at the invitation of Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Ivan…
On 23 April, Russian President Putin signed a decree on the imposition of measures of influence (counteraction) in response to unfriendly actions by foreign states. He ordered to limit or, if necessary, to prohibit the…
The EPP/CD Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe strongly condemned the sanctions imposed by the Russian Federation against Jacques Maire, the rapporteur on the poisoning of Alexei Navalny for PACE, and…
Attack on Germany from Germany
April 30, 2021
Russian propaganda uses freedom of speech in the West to wage ideological warfare and promote Kremlin’s agenda At the Fifth International Forum of Russian-Language Electronic Media held in Moscow in September 2019, Dinara Toktosunova, the…
Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced its decision to expel three Slovak diplomats, two diplomats from Lithuania, one Latvian diplomat, and another from Estonia. “A strong protest was lodged to the heads of diplomatic missions over provocative…
YouControl experts added sanctions lists of the most influential subjects of international law to the system and determined the number of Ukrainians, Russians and Belarusians on them. They also defined the reasons for falling under…
How Not to Fall under Sanctions: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Launches Campaign for Residents of EU Countries
April 21, 2021
An information campaign called ‘Learn-Check-Act,’ launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, is aimed at counteracting Russia’s attempts to legitimise its presence in the occupied territories of Ukraine through business, education, culture, and people-to-people…
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba took part in an online meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council at the invitation of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep…
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba had a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Stef Blok. Kuleba informed his counterpart in detail about the latest actions…
The Russian Federation intimidates Europe by sending its combat aircraft to the borders of the European Union’s airspace, Belgian MEP Assita Kanko (European Conservatives and Reformists Group) posted on her Facebook page. She promised to…
At least 80 members of Russian diplomatic missions in Italy work for Russia’s main intelligence services: the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Federal Security Service, and the Foreign Intelligence Service. This is reported by La Repubblica…
