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Russia releases US journalist, ex-Marine in multi-nation prisoner swap
5 months, 1 week ago

Russia releases US journalist, ex-Marine in multi-nation prisoner swap

India Today  

Russia has released an American journalist, Evan Gershkovich, and a former US Marine, Paul Whelan, as part of a prisoner exchange deal involving multiple countries, under which 26 prisoners were freed on Thursday. The prisoner deal, the largest swap in post-Soviet history between Russia and the United States, took place in the Turkish capital Ankara, according to Turkish officials who …

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Russia scorns Germany for sending Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine
1 year, 11 months ago

Russia scorns Germany for sending Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Germany’s move to deliver Leopard 2s to Kyiv will lead to ‘permanent escalation’, says Russian embassy in Berlin. Moscow has slammed Berlin’s move to supply Ukraine with battle tanks and accused Germany of abandoning its “historical responsibility to Russia” arising from Nazi crimes in World War II. The Russian embassy in Germany said on Wednesday the decision to send 14 …

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G-7 countries agree to move forward with Russia oil price cap system
2 years, 4 months ago

G-7 countries agree to move forward with Russia oil price cap system

The Hindu  

Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers on September 2 pledged to put in place a system designed to cap Russia’s income from oil sales, an idea that the nations’ leaders had promised to explore at their summit in June. In a statement issued by Germany, which chairs the G-7 this year, the ministers said they “confirm our …

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Russia will once again shut off Europe’s gas via Nord Stream 1 pipeline
2 years, 4 months ago

Russia will once again shut off Europe’s gas via Nord Stream 1 pipeline

CNN  

Russia will halt gas supplies to Europe for three days at the end of the month via its main pipeline into the region, state energy giant Gazprom said on Friday, piling pressure on the region as it seeks to refuel ahead of winter. The unscheduled maintenance order on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs under the Baltic Sea to …

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Cold showers, dark monuments, fountains turned off: How Germany is conserving energy amid Russian gas crisis
2 years, 5 months ago

Cold showers, dark monuments, fountains turned off: How Germany is conserving energy amid Russian gas crisis

Firstpost  

After Russia’s Gazprom announced that gas supply to Germany will be slashed, authorities have decided to cut down their energy consumption As the Russian gas crisis deepens, Germany cities have decided to cut down their energy consumption by switching off spotlights on public monuments, turning off fountains and running cold showers in public swimming pools. Berlin’s chief official for the …

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EXPLAINER: Can Europe live without Russian natural gas?
2 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: Can Europe live without Russian natural gas?

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Europe is in an energy crisis, and it means countries will struggle to keep homes warm and industry humming this winter. That is because Russia has slashed Europe’s flows of natural gas, used to power factories, generate electricity and heat homes in the winter. It is the major European natural gas pipeline that runs under the Baltic Sea …

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‘A second Afghanistan’: Doubts over Russia’s war prosecution
2 years, 8 months ago

‘A second Afghanistan’: Doubts over Russia’s war prosecution

Al Jazeera  

Russia’s lack of progress in its war against Ukraine has been noted by analysts since it launched a second phase focusing on the eastern Donbas region. “Lack of unit skills and inconsistent air support have left Russia unable to fully leverage its combat mass, despite localised improvements,” said the United Kingdom’s defence intelligence on April 30. “Repeated Russian failures to …

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Opinion | How Modi mesmerized Indian diaspora in Berlin
2 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | How Modi mesmerized Indian diaspora in Berlin

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is presently in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, on the second leg of his three-day visit to Europe. “21st century”, Modi said, “is very important for India. Modi said, before 2014, India was a “work in progress”, but in the last eight hours of NDA rule, India has made rapid strides in every sector, whether ease …

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After the EU’s Russia coal ban, Germany grapples with oil and gas
2 years, 8 months ago

After the EU’s Russia coal ban, Germany grapples with oil and gas

Al Jazeera  

The bloc took action after alleged atrocities in Ukraine, but analysts say a ban on oil and gas poses more complex challenges. “But we had actually been seeing delays in Russian coal deliveries since last September,” Alexander Bethe, chairperson of the German Association of Coal Importers, admitted on Friday. “That’s what our Russian partners told us.” “Then,” added Stephan Riezler, …

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Trump was right, Merkel was wrong – and it’s made it harder to save Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Trump was right, Merkel was wrong – and it’s made it harder to save Ukraine

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Make no mistake, Trump was a …

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Germany overrules weapons transfer policy dating back to WWII so guns can be sent to help Ukraine
2 years, 10 months ago

Germany overrules weapons transfer policy dating back to WWII so guns can be sent to help Ukraine

Daily Mail  

Germany has overruled its own lethal weapons transfer policy, which dates back to the Second World War, so that guns, grenade launchers and missiles can be sent to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia's invasion. France has decided to send defensive military equipment to Ukraine to support the country against Russia's invasion, a French army spokesman said on Saturday, adding …

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France and Germany ‘pushing Ukraine to use unpopular peace deal’ to avert war
2 years, 10 months ago

France and Germany ‘pushing Ukraine to use unpopular peace deal’ to avert war

The Telegraph  

The leaders of France and Germany have reportedly been pushing Ukraine to implement the Minsk peace accords, in what would amount to a major concession to the Kremlin. Brokered by Paris and Berlin in 2015, the deal put an end to a brutal war between the Ukrainian government and Moscow-backed separatists in the east of the country. Enacting it now, …

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Biden: US and Germany working in ‘lockstep’ on Ukraine crisis
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden: US and Germany working in ‘lockstep’ on Ukraine crisis

Al Jazeera  

The United States and Germany are working in “lockstep” to deter Russian “aggression” in Europe, US President Joe Biden has said, as he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House on Monday. “To state the obvious, Germany is one of America’s closest allies — working in lockstep to further deter Russian aggression in Europe, and to address …

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Latest Ukraine updates: US to deploy troops to Eastern Europe
2 years, 11 months ago

Latest Ukraine updates: US to deploy troops to Eastern Europe

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine news from February 2: Washington to move 3,000 soldiers to Poland, Romania and Germany as tensions simmer. 2 Feb 2022 - 18:20 GMT Johnson tells Putin Ukraine incursion would be a ‘tragic miscalculation’ British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told Putin that any incursion into Ukraine would be a “tragic miscalculation”. 2 Feb 2022 - 15:54 GMT US troops …

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Russian, U.K. defence ministers to meet over Ukraine
2 years, 11 months ago

Russian, U.K. defence ministers to meet over Ukraine

The Hindu  

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has accepted an invitation to meet British counterpart Ben Wallace over the Ukraine crisis, a senior U.K. defence source said Saturday, as fears grow of an imminent invasion. "Given the last defence bilateral between our two countries took place in London in 2013, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has offered to meet in Moscow instead," …

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Nord Stream won’t open if Russia attacks Ukraine, says Germany
3 years ago

Nord Stream won’t open if Russia attacks Ukraine, says Germany

The Hindu  

German Economic Affairs Minister Robert Habeck warned in an interview published on Saturday of “severe consequences’ for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany if Moscow attacked Ukraine. The Baltic Sea pipeline is set to double supplies of cheap natural gas from Russia to Germany, which the European Union’s top economy says is needed to help it …

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Russia ordered murder in German soil: court
3 years ago

Russia ordered murder in German soil: court

The Hindu  

A Russian man was convicted on Wednesday of a brazen daylight killing in Germany’s capital two years ago that judges said was ordered by federal authorities in Russia and was labeled as “state terrorism” by a Berlin court. The 2019 slaying of Zelimkhan “Tornike” Khangoshvili, 40, a Georgian citizen of Chechen ethnicity, sparked outrage in Germany and inflamed diplomatic tensions …

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NS2, a win-win proposition?
3 years, 3 months ago

NS2, a win-win proposition?

The Hindu  

While the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, the Iran-India undersea pipeline, and the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline remain pipe dreams, the Nord Stream 2 running from Russia to Germany across the Baltic Sea is now complete despite controversy. Ukraine offered extra transit capacity for Russian gas to Europe at 15 million cubic meters per day for October but Russia booked only 4.3% of this, …

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Merkel, Putin spar over Navalny but vow to maintain dialogue
3 years, 4 months ago

Merkel, Putin spar over Navalny but vow to maintain dialogue

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their sharply different views of Russia’s treatment of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, democratic values and other major topics of dispute Friday but vowed to maintain a dialogue. Speaking after Friday’s talks with Putin, Merkel reiterated a call for Navalny’s release, pointing out that the European Court of …

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Russia: 3,000 arrested at protests demanding Navalny’s release
3 years, 11 months ago

Russia: 3,000 arrested at protests demanding Navalny’s release

India TV News  

Russian police arrested more than 3,000 people Saturday in nationwide protests demanding the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent foe, according to a group that counts political detentions. The protests in scores of cities in temperatures as low as minus-50 C highlighted how Navalny has built influence far beyond the political and cultural centers of Moscow …

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Merkel: Germany to host Libya peace conference
4 years, 11 months ago

Merkel: Germany to host Libya peace conference

Al Jazeera  

German chancellor stressed Libya’s warring parties would need to play an important role to help find a solution. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Libyan peace talks will be held in Berlin, as Turkey and Russia appeal to Libya’s warring factions to enter a ceasefire. During a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, Merkel …

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