Russia’s gas pipeline politics risk alienating its European allies
Russia has long used its plentiful energy resources as a tool to exert control over the region, where independence from ...
Russia's Biggest Exports Could Soon Face Full Embargo in Europe: Report
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia to the European Union may be phased out by Brussels, according to Bloomberg.
Russia and Iran Sign Cooperation Treaty in the Kremlin
The agreement is focused more on trade than military issues, but it will bring two countries with a shared desire to ...
G7 says Russia finding covert efforts to undermine elected governments
The Group of Seven on Friday said the Kremlin had funded and directed covert efforts by state entities to undermine elected ...
Russia Could Lose Billions in 'Worst Ecological Disaster of 21st Century'
A Russian official said a recent oil spill in the Black Sea was unprecedented and could have been avoided, highlighting the ...
US encounters European skepticism in last-ditch push to seize $300B in Russian assets for Ukraine leverage
With just days left before handing over the keys to the US government, the Biden administration is making a last-ditch effort ...
Russia Accuses Kyiv of Targeting Its Last Remaining Gas Link to Europe
The Turkish Stream pipeline enabled Russia to avoid using Ukraine as a transit country when exporting natural gas to Europe, ...
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Here's what's behind Russia cutting off its last gas line to Europe
Ukrainian transit gas deal to Europe ended on Jan. 1. For now, the most acute effects are being felt in a region called ...
Lithuania vows to boost defense spending to 5-6% of GDP, citing the threat of Russian aggression
Lithuania’s president says his country has made the decision to raise its spending on defense to between 5% and 6% of overall ...
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A Wider War Has Already Started in Europe
When Russia targets other European neighbors, though, the West resorts to its own euphemisms to avoid directly acknowledging what Putin is doing. Last month, the undersea power cable Estlink 2 ...
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Poland’s Leader Suggests Russian Hand in Plot to Attack Western Cargo Planes
After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the GRU’s activities in Europe abated somewhat as European countries expelled operatives and limited travel for Russians. But in the past year ...
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Nato cannot defend Europe from Russia without the US, warn alliance’s frontline leaders
Their accession a year later more than doubled Nato’s border with Russia. Finland’s military is one of Europe’s largest, including 280,000 troops that “can be mobilised and armed to the ...