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/ 13 January 2009
Russia on Tuesday vowed to fully restore the flow of gas to the European Union as quickly as possible, and blamed Ukraine for the crisis.
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/ 11 January 2009
Ukraine, Russia and the EU struck a monitoring agreement on Sunday that should enable the resumption of Russian supplies to Europe.
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/ 10 January 2009
The European Union will hold talks with Russia on Saturday to finalise a gas monitoring deal to allow the resumption of gas supplies to Europe.
Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom said a deal to monitor gas exports via Ukraine would be signed on Friday, allowing for the resumption of supplies.
Stakeholders in the transport of Siberian gas to Europe should form a consortium to manage the pipelines, a leader of German business said on Friday.
Russia and Ukraine held talks over a solution to the escalating gas dispute, it was reported on Thursday.
Russian gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine shut down on Wednesday, leaving growing numbers of EU members without fuel in freezing temperatures.
Russia halts gas supplies to the Balkans, Turkey and south-eastern Europe, while flows to Austria drop by 90% in a deepening price row
Russian gas flows to four European Union countries were below normal levels on Saturday after Moscow cut off supplies to Ukraine in a pricing dispute.
Russia and Ukraine on Friday remained at odds in a gas crisis that has raised concerns over Europe’s dependence on Russian energy.
Russia cut off the gas to its neighbour Ukraine on Thursday after a contract dispute but increased supplies to other European states.
Russia was preparing to turn off gas deliveries to neighbouring Ukraine on Thursday, raising the spectre of disruptions to European Union supplies.
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/ 31 December 2008
Russia state gas monopoly Gazprom has accused Ukraine of "blackmail," saying it had threatened to confiscate gas en route to delivery to Europe.
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/ 21 December 2008
Russia is heading towards another New Year’s showdown with the embattled Ukrainian government over its failure to pay off gas debts.
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/ 19 December 2008
Russia will stop developing some strategic weapons if the US drops plans for a missile shield in Europe, it was reported on Friday.
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/ 15 December 2008
Russia’s newspapers purred with satisfaction on Monday that its victory in the Miss World contest proved what everyone already knew.
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/ 1 December 2008
As the trial of three men accused of murdering Anna Politkovskaya continues, Luke Harding reports from Moscow on one editor’s fight for life.
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/ 30 November 2008
Piracy near Somalia has created unease in far-off Russia, where sailors say they feel helpless as a growing number of seamen are taken hostage.
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/ 21 November 2008
The EU is to launch an inquiry into the cause of the Russia-Georgia conflict, papers seen on Friday show, amid growing recriminations against Tbilisi.
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/ 19 November 2008
International talks resumed on Wednesday in Geneva aimed at getting Russia and Georgia to bury the hatchet following August’s five-day war.
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/ 17 November 2008
Despite recent US policy, Europe’s security is best served by finding shared ground with Moscow.
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/ 12 November 2008
The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected United States proposals aimed at easing concerns over a missile defence system in Europe.
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/ 9 November 2008
More than 20 people were killed and another 21 injured in an accident aboard a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific Ocean.
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/ 7 November 2008
The French presidency of the European Union on Friday expressed ”strong concern” over a Russian plan to station new missiles near Poland’s border.
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/ 31 October 2008
Alexandra Kosteniuk — sometimes dubbed the ”Anna Kournikova of chess” — last month became the 14th women’s world chess champion.
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/ 30 October 2008
For the Moscow pensioners gathered next to Karl Marx’s statue on Sunday there was, at last, something to be cheerful about.
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/ 28 October 2008
Foppish businessmen flirt with models as women crowd around jewellery displays — Russia’s party scene is showing little sign of a financial crisis.
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/ 22 October 2008
Russia’s leading human rights lawyer is at the centre of an investigation by French police after claiming she had been poisoned.
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/ 15 October 2008
The first high-level talks between Russia and Georgia since their war broke down on Wednesday.
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/ 14 October 2008
The sons of a Russian cosmonaut and a United States astronaut met in space on Tuesday.
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/ 14 October 2008
Military cooperation between Moscow and Damascus appears to have taken on a new zeal, writes Hugh Macleod.
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/ 13 October 2008
Two months after the Caucasus conflict broke out, some sober lessons are emerging for all sides.