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“Timoshenko is my greatest mistake in five years” – Yushchenko

“I hate politics, but understand that without being involved in it, you won’t do good for your nation and your country,” said Ukraine’s outgoing president, summing up his presidency at a press conference in Kiev.

30.05.2009, 15:42 4 comments

EU might finance Ukraine’s gas bills

Europe may step in to pay a $5 billion gas bill Ukraine owes to Gazprom, says Gazprom spokesman Sergey Kupriyanov in an exclusive interview with RT.

17.01.2009, 14:00 3 comments

‘Europe can use gas crisis as an excuse for new pipelines’

“The current gas crisis can be used by Europe as an excuse for pushing forward projects, like the Nabucco pipeline, which could stop Russia being one of their providers,” said Pavel Sorokin from the Unicredit Aton bank.

06.07.2009, 13:25 2 comments

“Obama not keen to bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO”

The Obama administration sees that Georgian and Ukrainian accession to NATO may never be possible, says New America Foundation senior researcher Anatol Lieven.

09.01.2009, 07:28 1 comment

Ukraine is blackmailing us – Putin

As talks aimed at ending the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine broke down in Brussels, PM Vladimir Putin accused the government in Kiev of deliberately plotting to block supplies of Russian gas to Europe.

Dmitry Medvedev (AFP Photo / Pool / Alexander Zemlianichenko)

07.11.2009, 13:42 1 comment

Russia-EU relations the cornerstone of overall European development – Medvedev

As Germany is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, President Dmitry Medvedev has talked to Der Spiegel magazine about the significance this event had had for the whole Europe.

18.12.2008, 23:17

'No contract? No dice!'

It’s not a question of cutting off gas supplies to Ukraine, but a question of having no contract to continue them, Gazprom Deputy CEO Aleksandr Medvedev said to RT.

01.01.2009, 18:31

"Ukraine needs to put its house in order"

Why would Ukraine syphon off gas from Europe when it has ambitions to join the European Union, asks William Wilson, an economist with the Vanguard Group in Paris.

03.01.2009, 18:28

Legal action against Ukraine?

Europe has an obligation as a member of the Energy Charter to procure an unhindered supply of gas and must take legal action against Ukraine in case of dispute, says Konstantin Luzinyan, a lawyer in international law.

11.01.2009, 14:26

'Gas dispute improves Russia's image'

Moscow's willingness to cooperate with the EU in settling the gas dispute has improved Russia's image, says William Wilson from the Vanguard Investment Group in Paris.