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Zelensky fires prosecutor general Venediktova, security service chief Bakanov
President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova and the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Ivan Bakanov.
According to the decree published by the President’s Office on July 17, Venediktova's deputy Oleksiy Symonenko was appointed acting prosecutor general. Bakanov’s replacement hasn’t been announced yet.
Venediktova, the first woman to hold the post of prosecutor general, was appointed in the spring of 2020. During her time in the office, Venediktova has come under heavy criticism from anti-corruption activists and the media, who pointed at her failure to prosecute high-profile cases and her office's role in sabotaging corruption investigations against people affiliated with Zelensky, such as members of his party and administration.
Zelensky’s childhood friend and long-time employee Bakanov was appointed in August 2019. Before entering politics, Bakanov was a lawyer and a top manager at Zelensky’s entertainment company Kvartal 95.
Weeks prior to Bakanov’s dismissal, there were rumors that Zelensky wanted to fire him for failing to adequately respond to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The decree said that Bakanov was dismissed for neglecting his duties, which led to human casualties or other serious consequences, according to the Disciplinary Statute of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“As of today, 651 criminal proceedings have been registered regarding high treason and collaborative activities of employees of prosecutor's offices, pre-trial investigation bodies, and other law enforcement agencies,” Zelensky said in an address on July 17, an hour after the announced dismissals.
More than 60 staff members of the Prosecutor General’s Office and the SBU remained on Russia-occupied territories and collaborated with the Russians, Zelensky added.
“Such an array of crimes against the foundations of the national security of the state and the connections that have been recorded between the employees of the security forces of Ukraine and the special services of Russia pose very serious questions to the relevant leaders,” Zelensky said.
Ivan Bakanov, 'childhood friend' of Zelensky
Bakanov was long seen as one of Zelensky’s closest allies. He and Zelensky have known each other since growing up in the same neighborhood in Kryvyi Rih, a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
A lawyer by education, Bakanov worked for Zelensky’s TV production companies. In Ukrainian company registries, he had been listed as their director. According to Pandora Papers, published in October 2019, Bakanov was also the owner of some offshore companies linked to Zelensky.
Bakanov was the legal head of Zelensky's party, the Servant of the People.
When Zelensky became president in May 2019, he appointed Bakanov acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine, and when he won the parliament later that year, he appointed Bakanov as the agency's chief.
However, his three-year reign as the head of one of Ukraine’s most powerful institutions was marred by controversy.
Ukrainian watchdogs and the country’s foreign donors have been demanding a sweeping reform of the Security Service, widely known by its Ukrainian acronym SBU. The secretive agency with vast powers is believed to be plagued by corruption.
In March 2020, Zelensky submitted an SBU reform bill to Ukraine's parliament, Verkhovna Rada. The first version, which was drafted under Bakanov’s supervision, was lambasted by civil society because it expanded the SBU’s powers instead of limiting them.
The reform eventually went nowhere.
Among the scandals that implicated both Bakanov's and Venediktova's agencies was their alleged sabotage of the bribery investigation against Oleh Tatarov, deputy head of Zelensky's office.
Venediktova blocked charges against Tatarov twice, replacing a group of prosecutors assigned to the case. She then took the case away from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, known as NABU, and gave it to Bakanov’s SBU, with the case falling apart soon after.
For Bakanov the sky came crashing down soon after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In April, Zelensky deranked two top generals of the Security Service – Andriy Naumov and Serhiy Kryvoruchko – because they "violated their oath and betrayed their homeland,” according to the president.Naumov was the former head of SBU’s domestic security, while Kryvoruchko headed the Security Service in Kherson Oblast, where the Russian invasion was particularly successful.
On July 16, the State Investigation Bureau said that the top-level Security Service official had been arrested for leaking intelligence and classified information to the Russian special services.
Although the Bureau did not specify the name of the official, the Ukrainska Pravda media outlet identified him as Oleh Kulinich, the former deputy head of the SBU in Crimea.
President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Kulinich in October 2020 and fired him on March 2. Zelensky referenced the case of Kulinich, without identifying him by name, in his July 17 video address, explaining the firing of Bakanov and Venediktova.
Iryna Venediktova, Zelensky's loyal top prosecutor
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Venediktova has positioned herself as the leader of the investigations into Russian war crimes.
Yet before the invasion, she had been accused of tanking cases against high-profile officials and lawmakers suspected of corruption, such as head of the Kyiv District Administrative Court Pavlo Vovk, Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff Tatarov or members of parliament representing Zelensky's party.
In 2021, Venediktova was putting pressureon the Kyiv Post, a Ukrainian English-language newspaper, over the critical stories it ran about her record as a prosecutor, according to the newspaper's former chief editor. Months into the pressure campaign, which Venediktova has denied conducting, the owner shut down the Kyiv Post and fired its entire staff.
The fired editorial staff of the Kyiv Post founded the Kyiv Independent in November 2021 to continue its mission of keeping the world informed about Ukraine.
Zelensky fires prosecutor general Venediktova, security service chief Bakanov
President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova and the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Ivan Bakanov.
According to the decree published by the President’s Office on July 17, Venediktova's deputy Oleksiy Symonenko was appointed acting prosecutor general. Bakanov’s replacement hasn’t been announced yet.
Venediktova, the first woman to hold the post of prosecutor general, was appointed in the spring of 2020. During her time in the office, Venediktova has come under heavy criticism from anti-corruption activists and the media, who pointed at her failure to prosecute high-profile cases and her office's role in sabotaging corruption investigations against people affiliated with Zelensky, such as members of his party and administration.
Zelensky’s childhood friend and long-time employee Bakanov was appointed in August 2019. Before entering politics, Bakanov was a lawyer and a top manager at Zelensky’s entertainment company Kvartal 95.
Weeks prior to Bakanov’s dismissal, there were rumors that Zelensky wanted to fire him for failing to adequately respond to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The decree said that Bakanov was dismissed for neglecting his duties, which led to human casualties or other serious consequences, according to the Disciplinary Statute of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“As of today, 651 criminal proceedings have been registered regarding high treason and collaborative activities of employees of prosecutor's offices, pre-trial investigation bodies, and other law enforcement agencies,” Zelensky said in an address on July 17, an hour after the announced dismissals.
More than 60 staff members of the Prosecutor General’s Office and the SBU remained on Russia-occupied territories and collaborated with the Russians, Zelensky added.
“Such an array of crimes against the foundations of the national security of the state and the connections that have been recorded between the employees of the security forces of Ukraine and the special services of Russia pose very serious questions to the relevant leaders,” Zelensky said.
Ivan Bakanov, 'childhood friend' of Zelensky
Bakanov was long seen as one of Zelensky’s closest allies. He and Zelensky have known each other since growing up in the same neighborhood in Kryvyi Rih, a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
A lawyer by education, Bakanov worked for Zelensky’s TV production companies. In Ukrainian company registries, he had been listed as their director. According to Pandora Papers, published in October 2019, Bakanov was also the owner of some offshore companies linked to Zelensky.
Bakanov was the legal head of Zelensky's party, the Servant of the People.
When Zelensky became president in May 2019, he appointed Bakanov acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine, and when he won the parliament later that year, he appointed Bakanov as the agency's chief.
However, his three-year reign as the head of one of Ukraine’s most powerful institutions was marred by controversy.
Ukrainian watchdogs and the country’s foreign donors have been demanding a sweeping reform of the Security Service, widely known by its Ukrainian acronym SBU. The secretive agency with vast powers is believed to be plagued by corruption.
In March 2020, Zelensky submitted an SBU reform bill to Ukraine's parliament, Verkhovna Rada. The first version, which was drafted under Bakanov’s supervision, was lambasted by civil society because it expanded the SBU’s powers instead of limiting them.
The reform eventually went nowhere.
Among the scandals that implicated both Bakanov's and Venediktova's agencies was their alleged sabotage of the bribery investigation against Oleh Tatarov, deputy head of Zelensky's office.
Venediktova blocked charges against Tatarov twice, replacing a group of prosecutors assigned to the case. She then took the case away from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, known as NABU, and gave it to Bakanov’s SBU, with the case falling apart soon after.
For Bakanov the sky came crashing down soon after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In April, Zelensky deranked two top generals of the Security Service – Andriy Naumov and Serhiy Kryvoruchko – because they "violated their oath and betrayed their homeland,” according to the president.Naumov was the former head of SBU’s domestic security, while Kryvoruchko headed the Security Service in Kherson Oblast, where the Russian invasion was particularly successful.
On July 16, the State Investigation Bureau said that the top-level Security Service official had been arrested for leaking intelligence and classified information to the Russian special services.
Although the Bureau did not specify the name of the official, the Ukrainska Pravda media outlet identified him as Oleh Kulinich, the former deputy head of the SBU in Crimea.
President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Kulinich in October 2020 and fired him on March 2. Zelensky referenced the case of Kulinich, without identifying him by name, in his July 17 video address, explaining the firing of Bakanov and Venediktova.
Iryna Venediktova, Zelensky's loyal top prosecutor
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Venediktova has positioned herself as the leader of the investigations into Russian war crimes.
Yet before the invasion, she had been accused of tanking cases against high-profile officials and lawmakers suspected of corruption, such as head of the Kyiv District Administrative Court Pavlo Vovk, Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff Tatarov or members of parliament representing Zelensky's party.
In 2021, Venediktova was putting pressureon the Kyiv Post, a Ukrainian English-language newspaper, over the critical stories it ran about her record as a prosecutor, according to the newspaper's former chief editor. Months into the pressure campaign, which Venediktova has denied conducting, the owner shut down the Kyiv Post and fired its entire staff.
The fired editorial staff of the Kyiv Post founded the Kyiv Independent in November 2021 to continue its mission of keeping the world informed about Ukraine.
Even the guy who tracks the equipment losses is fed up with the dumb shit from the russophiles 
This is what he is talking about
Ukrainians themselves provided visual evidence of a destroyed Krab and M777 but russia will always be russia and there are enough fools on this planet to amplify their bullshit.
This is what he is talking about
Ukrainians themselves provided visual evidence of a destroyed Krab and M777 but russia will always be russia and there are enough fools on this planet to amplify their bullshit.
Great post. This is a translation from one of the military bloggers on the plan for a "settlement" back in March.The second tipping point occurred after the failure of negotiations in Istanbul at the end of March. Then, Kremlin was ready to jump off by returning Kherson Oblast and Zaporizhye (the only territories where the “special operation” went according to a plan, meaning quickly and relatively bloodless) in exchange for recognition of the L/DPR and Crimea. Not even recognition, but agreement by Ukraine to temporarily abandon attempts to return them, and also reduce their army size and stop rushing into NATO. Quite symbolic concessions in general.
Since the Russian leadership was seriously counting on this bargaining, it took so long to create the military-civilian administrations in the South of Ukraine, suspending the situation in the air in every possible way. Sometimes it went as far as imposing restrictions on removing Ukrainian flags. Initially, Kremlin as it appears didn’t have plans to bite off anything from Ukraine except for the Donbas. Putin, through scare tactics wanted to simply replace the government in Kyiv to a “friendly” one and sign some papers with it. But when the “nazis and drug addicts” could not be removed, Kremlin decided to sign papers with them. But they suddenly refused to do so.
“Oh, you” – said Kremlin and decided to gnaw into Ukraine properly by concentrating their modest forces in the Donbas direction. Likely, sometime by September Putin wanted to reach borders of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts without hurrying or overexerting himself, to call it a victory and at the same time grab everything he managed to saw off from Ukraine. Next, along the frontline the iron curtain descends, Ukraine and the West, tired of war, stop the active hostilities, and de-facto without reaching any formal agreements the situation freezes for many years like it was in the case of South Korea and North Korea.
The Ukrainian command is taking a significant risk, transferring the national battalion from Kharkov to Seversk
Yesterday, 21: 32
Russian troops, together with detachments of the Republican People's Militia, continue to grind the enemy's defenses along the Seversk-Artemovsk line. This is an extremely important line, which Ukrainian troops are trying to cling to with all their might. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine understands that after the loss of control over this border, they will have to face the actual entry into the operational encirclement in the area of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. Moreover, the Western sponsors of the Kyiv regime are increasingly making it clear that if the Ukrainian troops lose control over the DPR, then military support may at least decrease in volume.
In this regard, the Ukrainian command has to resort to emergency measures. So, it became known that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine started a regrouping on the Kharkiv-Barvenkovo-Slavyansk line. There is a transfer of militants of nationalist formations from Kharkov to the north of the DPR. The main purpose of such a transfer is to strengthen the flank west of Seversk. The situation there is critical for the Seversk garrison of the enemy. It became such after the Russian troops broke through the defense lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the north and south of Seversk.
It is reported that, among others, from the Kharkiv region through the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration in the direction of Seversk, the Ukrainian command sent militants of the national battalion "Kraken" (*the actual Kharkov analogue of the extremist formation "Azov" banned in the Russian Federation). Earlier it was reported that individual units of the Kraken refused to leave Kharkov and go to the Donbass front. Now this national formation is directed by order of the command to Seversk.
Thus, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine took a significant risk. Firstly, the Slavyansk-Seversk road, like the Bakhmut-Seversk road, is partially under fire control from the RF Armed Forces. Accordingly, nationalist detachments may simply not reach Seversk, being under artillery fire. Secondly, to a certain extent, Kharkov is “bare”, from where the “Krakenites” were sent to the Donbass.
In any case, nationalists from the specified national battalion are expected to be demilitarized or liquidated. And, as they say, one does not interfere with the other.
Yesterday, 21: 32
Russian troops, together with detachments of the Republican People's Militia, continue to grind the enemy's defenses along the Seversk-Artemovsk line. This is an extremely important line, which Ukrainian troops are trying to cling to with all their might. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine understands that after the loss of control over this border, they will have to face the actual entry into the operational encirclement in the area of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. Moreover, the Western sponsors of the Kyiv regime are increasingly making it clear that if the Ukrainian troops lose control over the DPR, then military support may at least decrease in volume.
In this regard, the Ukrainian command has to resort to emergency measures. So, it became known that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine started a regrouping on the Kharkiv-Barvenkovo-Slavyansk line. There is a transfer of militants of nationalist formations from Kharkov to the north of the DPR. The main purpose of such a transfer is to strengthen the flank west of Seversk. The situation there is critical for the Seversk garrison of the enemy. It became such after the Russian troops broke through the defense lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the north and south of Seversk.
It is reported that, among others, from the Kharkiv region through the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration in the direction of Seversk, the Ukrainian command sent militants of the national battalion "Kraken" (*the actual Kharkov analogue of the extremist formation "Azov" banned in the Russian Federation). Earlier it was reported that individual units of the Kraken refused to leave Kharkov and go to the Donbass front. Now this national formation is directed by order of the command to Seversk.
Thus, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine took a significant risk. Firstly, the Slavyansk-Seversk road, like the Bakhmut-Seversk road, is partially under fire control from the RF Armed Forces. Accordingly, nationalist detachments may simply not reach Seversk, being under artillery fire. Secondly, to a certain extent, Kharkov is “bare”, from where the “Krakenites” were sent to the Donbass.
In any case, nationalists from the specified national battalion are expected to be demilitarized or liquidated. And, as they say, one does not interfere with the other.
Russia's information war expands through Eastern Europe
As bullets and bombs fall in Ukraine, Russia is waging an expanding information war throughout Eastern Europe, using fake accounts and propaganda to spread fears about refugees and rising fuel prices while calling the West an untrustworthy ally.
In Bulgaria, the Kremlin paid journalists, political analysts and other influential citizens 2,000 euros a month to post pro-Russian content online, a senior Bulgarian official revealed this month. Researchers also have uncovered sophisticated networks of fake accounts, bots and trolls in an escalating spread of disinformation and propaganda in the country.
Similar efforts are playing out in other nations in the region as Russia looks to shift the blame for its invasion of Ukraine, the ensuing refugee crisis and rising prices for food and fuel.
The embassy also has spread debunked conspiracy theories claiming the U.S. runs secret biolabs in Ukraine. Embassies have become key to Russia's disinformation campaigns, especially since many technology companies have begun restricting Russian state media since the invasion began.
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As bullets and bombs fall in Ukraine, Russia is waging an expanding information war throughout Eastern Europe, using fake accounts and propaganda to spread fears about refugees and rising fuel prices while calling the West an untrustworthy ally.
In Bulgaria, the Kremlin paid journalists, political analysts and other influential citizens 2,000 euros a month to post pro-Russian content online, a senior Bulgarian official revealed this month. Researchers also have uncovered sophisticated networks of fake accounts, bots and trolls in an escalating spread of disinformation and propaganda in the country.
Similar efforts are playing out in other nations in the region as Russia looks to shift the blame for its invasion of Ukraine, the ensuing refugee crisis and rising prices for food and fuel.
The embassy also has spread debunked conspiracy theories claiming the U.S. runs secret biolabs in Ukraine. Embassies have become key to Russia's disinformation campaigns, especially since many technology companies have begun restricting Russian state media since the invasion began.
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Zelenskyy avers Ukrainians 'will never accept' Canada's decision on Nord Stream turbine
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his displeasure with Canada's decision to return a gas turbine intended for a Russian pipeline.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during his telephonic conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday, expressed his displeasure with Ottawa's decision to return a gas turbine intended for a Russian pipeline. During the conversation, Zelenskyy staunchly affirmed that the Ukrainians would never accept Canada's decision to grant an exemption from sanctions imposed on Russia. The President exhibited his dismay with the decision as Canada announced to return the Nord Stream 1 turbine which remained stranded in Montreal because of Russia-related sanctions to Germany.
In the nightly address to the nation, the Ukrainian head said he appreciated Canada's response to assist the already war-ravaged country and added, "I separately emphasised that Ukrainians will never accept Canada's decision regarding the Nord Stream turbine, which was decided to be handed over to Germany in violation of the sanctions regime." According to Zelenskyy, the issue is not just about the turbine but, a serious matter of compliance with sanctions. He stressed, "If there is one violation now, it is only a matter of time before there will be others."
Zelensnkyy urges Trudeau of more sanctions on Moscow
Further, Zelenskyy claimed that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin termed the action a "deliberate step" to blackmail the European countries with gas. He accused Putin of provoking the countries to violate sanctions and added there are enough routes for the transit of Russian gas to Europe. "And every country must maintain principles," he stressed. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian head also urged his Canadian excellency to impose further sanctions, with an aim of penalising Moscow for its action against Kyiv. He clearly mentioned that the "pressure must be increased, not decreased."
Why is Zelenskyy disappointed with Canada's decision'
Earlier in June this year, it was reported that the turbine sent by Siemens-- a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe-- to its factory in Montreal on behalf of Gazprom for maintenance was unable to make it back to Russia due to the Western-imposed sanctions on Moscow. Since then, negotiations have been ongoing between Ottawa and Berlin, despite the Ukrainian government repeatedly asking Canada to not hand over the turbine as it would be a violation of sanctions.
As Europe is already facing energy turmoil as it tries to reduce its extensive use of Russian oil and natural gas amid the war in Ukraine, Russia's major gas company- Gazprom, announced a reduction in natural gas flows through a key European pipeline earlier in June. According to the announcement, it was "forced to stop" the operation of another Siemens gas turbine engine on the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his displeasure with Canada's decision to return a gas turbine intended for a Russian pipeline.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during his telephonic conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday, expressed his displeasure with Ottawa's decision to return a gas turbine intended for a Russian pipeline. During the conversation, Zelenskyy staunchly affirmed that the Ukrainians would never accept Canada's decision to grant an exemption from sanctions imposed on Russia. The President exhibited his dismay with the decision as Canada announced to return the Nord Stream 1 turbine which remained stranded in Montreal because of Russia-related sanctions to Germany.
In the nightly address to the nation, the Ukrainian head said he appreciated Canada's response to assist the already war-ravaged country and added, "I separately emphasised that Ukrainians will never accept Canada's decision regarding the Nord Stream turbine, which was decided to be handed over to Germany in violation of the sanctions regime." According to Zelenskyy, the issue is not just about the turbine but, a serious matter of compliance with sanctions. He stressed, "If there is one violation now, it is only a matter of time before there will be others."
Zelensnkyy urges Trudeau of more sanctions on Moscow
Further, Zelenskyy claimed that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin termed the action a "deliberate step" to blackmail the European countries with gas. He accused Putin of provoking the countries to violate sanctions and added there are enough routes for the transit of Russian gas to Europe. "And every country must maintain principles," he stressed. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian head also urged his Canadian excellency to impose further sanctions, with an aim of penalising Moscow for its action against Kyiv. He clearly mentioned that the "pressure must be increased, not decreased."
Why is Zelenskyy disappointed with Canada's decision'
Earlier in June this year, it was reported that the turbine sent by Siemens-- a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe-- to its factory in Montreal on behalf of Gazprom for maintenance was unable to make it back to Russia due to the Western-imposed sanctions on Moscow. Since then, negotiations have been ongoing between Ottawa and Berlin, despite the Ukrainian government repeatedly asking Canada to not hand over the turbine as it would be a violation of sanctions.
As Europe is already facing energy turmoil as it tries to reduce its extensive use of Russian oil and natural gas amid the war in Ukraine, Russia's major gas company- Gazprom, announced a reduction in natural gas flows through a key European pipeline earlier in June. According to the announcement, it was "forced to stop" the operation of another Siemens gas turbine engine on the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
Russia Accidentally Shoots Down Their Own $36M Su-34 Bomb...
The jet was reportedly downed near Alchevsk, a city in the Luhansk region and one of the areas where Vladimir Putin's war is focused.
www.newsweek.com
I’m go out on a limb and say “just keep watching you’ll see shortly”
But I may be wrong…but I don’t think the turbines made it back to Germany just yet.
I think they’re in route, which caused President Z, to throw his lil pissy fit…
In all serious, Russia haven’t really fucked completely over folks who put sanctions on them.
I was thinking, maybe we really don’t hear any thing about counter sanctions… which they could totally do.
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Microsoft Corporation has taken control of the entire information infrastructure of Ukraine.
The Pentagon initiated this operation, said Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov.
The corporation actually controls all vulnerabilities of state bodies of Ukraine and can use them.
"Zelensky's regime gave a US company access to all communication devices in the country for surveillance, provocations, computer attacks under a false flag," the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation said.
The Pentagon initiated this operation, said Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov.
The corporation actually controls all vulnerabilities of state bodies of Ukraine and can use them.
"Zelensky's regime gave a US company access to all communication devices in the country for surveillance, provocations, computer attacks under a false flag," the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation said.
Again, this is all a fine mess.. no matter what side you're on: how you gonna heavily sanction a country who you depend on for natural resources, then cry about them not supplying?
www.reuters.com
..seems like whole lotta white folk logic
Exclusive: Russia's Gazprom tells European buyers gas supply halt beyond its control
Russia's Gazprom has told customers in Europe it cannot guarantee gas supplies because of "extraordinary" circumstances, according to a letter seen by Reuters, upping the ante in an economic tit-for-tat with the West over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
..seems like whole lotta white folk logic
Again, this is all a fine mess.. no matter what side you're on: how you gonna heavily sanction a country who you depend on for natural resources, then cry about them not supplying?
Exclusive: Russia's Gazprom tells European buyers gas supply halt beyond its control
Russia's Gazprom has told customers in Europe it cannot guarantee gas supplies because of "extraordinary" circumstances, according to a letter seen by Reuters, upping the ante in an economic tit-for-tat with the West over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
..seems like whole lotta white folk logic
the person who had the loudest voice for the idea of sanctions is no longer in power… Boris Johnson
look at this
Europe will lift part of the sanctions against Russian banks.
Their services are needed by the EU for the purchase of food and fertilizers, writes Reuters with reference to the draft document.
They want to withdraw from sanctions: VTB, PSB, VEB, Sovcombank, Novikombank, as well as Otkritie and Rossiya banks.The Europeans also plan to facilitate the export process from Russian ports.
Washington has previously allowed the purchase of a number of Russian goods, including food and fertilizers.
"If it is absolutely impossible, but very necessary, then it is possible."
The Tehran Currency Exchange has launched trading in Russian rubles.
They are traded in pairs with the Iranian rial.
Moscow and Tehran have signed agreements on the development of interbank and currency cooperation.
Russia and Iran have agreed to develop mutual trade in national currencies.
Vladimir Putin will hold trilateral talks with the Presidents of Iran and Turkey in Tehran today.
They are traded in pairs with the Iranian rial.
Moscow and Tehran have signed agreements on the development of interbank and currency cooperation.Russia and Iran have agreed to develop mutual trade in national currencies. Vladimir Putin will hold trilateral talks with the Presidents of Iran and Turkey in Tehran today.
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