Lukoil closes refinery in Romania after facility placed under distraint
A Russian subsidiary in Romania has decided to close down a refinery it operates in Ploiesti after prosecutors levied a
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Poland’s gas deliveries from East still short of order
Poland had natural gas deliveries from Russia realized at a stable level in the week ending on October 2, but
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Khodorkovsky vows to give voice to ‘European-oriented’ Russians
Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been many things: a Communist Party youth group leader who became one of post-Soviet Russia’s first billionaires,
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Slovakia faces gas supplies halved
A fifty per cent drop in Russian natural gas deliveries on October 1 put the Slovakian government on alert with Prime
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October 26 parliamentary election puts Ukraine’s democracy to another test
Ukraine’s democracy is undergoing another stress test. After successfully holding a presidential election on May 25 even as Russia occupied
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Russia cuts gas supplies to Romania while investigation hits Lukoil subsidiary
Romanian officials scrambled to assure Romanians there will not be any sort of problems concerning gas supplies over the winter
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Deadly attacks In Donetsk test Ukraine peace deal
After a series of attacks by pro-Moscow militia, Ukraine’s prime minister has accused Russia of failing to honor the cease-fire
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Ukraine’s Euromaidan movement wins Walesa freedom prize
Representatives of the Euromaidan protest movement that helped throw out Ukraine’s pro-Moscow government of Viktor Yanukovych were presented Monday an
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EC approves 165M euro support deal for fruit and vegetable markets after Russian ban
The European Commission has adopted a new programme, worth up to 165 million euro, for emergency market measures for perishable
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