Taking sides with pipelines
Published: 15 January, 2009, 16:20
The aggressive political rhetoric stating that Russia uses gas as a ‘geopolitical weapon’ is very popular in the West. Though the facts contradict it.
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Ukraine’s Naftogaz has requested Gazprom to hand over 21 million cubic metres of gas daily if the Russian company wants transit to Europe resumed, RT’s sources in Ukraine say.
Russia says that Ukraine is deliberately blocking the resumption of gas supplies to Europe through its territory. Gas supplies to at least 15 countries have either been cut off completely or severely reduced.
The current gas cuts are the culmination of a long gas war between Russia and Ukraine, RT looks back at its latest chapter, starting back in October 2007 and the ongoing crisis which is now being felt all around Europe.
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In an unprecedented event, battalions from Britain, France and the United States will participate in the military parade on May 9 this year in Moscow to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Russia-NATO relations
08.05.2009, 00:20
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Based upon the number of missing invitees, the Eastern Partnership summit in Prague has been comparable to a dull university lection. Almost all major EU leaders thought they’d better stay at home.
04.03.2010, 18:22
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Russia has charged Georgia with genocide and the mass murders of Russian citizens in South Ossetia during the 2008 military conflict, while new criminal charges are pending.
18.06.2009, 04:22
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The European Union commission investigating the five-day war in the Caucasus last August is to put most of the blame for the conflict on Georgian President Saakashvili.
17.02.2010, 15:03
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Georgia intends to turn to international courts to file a lawsuit against Russia, claiming the country provoked the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian conflicts.
02.12.2009, 20:18
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The Georgian Foreign Ministry officially asked its Lithuanian colleagues to refrain from calling their country “Gruziya,” which is close to the Slavic pronunciation, and stick to the English-sounding “Georgia” instead.
30.09.2009, 18:58
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The report issued by the European Parliament commission leaves room for Georgia to continue the old politics of President Saakashvili and will not resolve tensions, says former MEP Giulietto Chiesa.
Published: 15 January, 2009, 16:20
The aggressive political rhetoric stating that Russia uses gas as a ‘geopolitical weapon’ is very popular in the West. Though the facts contradict it.
Russia is winning the energy war and EU needs to understand Russia is far more powerful an allie than zionist elite that only work for zionist interests.