Russian Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday has transferred to Interpol the materials required for the international search of Ukrainian ultranationalist Right Sector leader Dmitry Yarosh, Prosecutor General Dmitry Chaika told the journalists on Friday.
Russia’s second largest bank has accused the Bank of England of making politically motivated demands against its operations in London, amid escalating tensions over Ukraine.
Ukraine hopes to buy gas from Europe to shore up its energy security, fearful Russia will cut gas supplies over Kiev’s refusal to pay Moscow’s “political, uneconomic price” for supplies, its energy minister said on Friday.
Ukraine’s Energy Ministry plans to file an application with the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce to review the country’s natural gas contracts with Russia, Energy MinisterYuri Prodan told reporters Friday.
Russia may change its budget rules to reflect the addition of Crimea and its population of about 2 million people, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov was quoted as saying on Thursday.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has deprived the Russian delegation of its right to vote until 2015 in connection with Crimea’s recent accession to the Russian Federation.
Britain, Sweden and Poland are pushing the European Union to send judicial and police advisers to Ukraine to help stabilize the country, according to a document seen by Reuters, a proposal likely to irritate Russia.
A senior Russian diplomat on Wednesday angrily rejected U.S. warnings against striking an oil-for-goods contract with Iran, saying that Moscow wouldn’t be intimidated by threats.
Political decisions should not dictate a switch from Russian to American nuclear fuel at Ukrainian power plants as the safe operation of the facilities is at stake, the head of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said Thursday.
Vladimir Putin is more likely to sign a 30-year deal to supply pipeline gas to China next month after more than a decade of false starts because the crisis in Ukraine is forcing Russia to look for markets outside Europe.
