The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Vladimir Putin has agreed to resume pumping gas from Russia to Europe when independent monitors are sent to Ukraine.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
It is hard to see Vladimir Putin’s gas war paying off. Yesterday, in ordering Gazprom to turn off the tap to the European pipelines running through Ukraine, he made it into a challenge to the EU, not just to the perpetually collapsing Government in Kiev. The Russian Prime Minister makes no secret of his determination to use the state gas monopoly as a weapon. Any pretence that this is a commercial...
Anti-Strib (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
It's not often that meteorology intersects with geopolitics - but Europe could be in store for another Cold War, literally. Accuweather.com's chief long-range and hurricane forecaster Joe Bastardi observed that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's recent cut of gas flows to Europe via Ukraine may have been done so in anticipation of a global cooling cycle on the Jan. 6 "Glenn Beck Show" radio program...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
MOSCOW, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The European Union says Russia has approved a plan that could result in a resumption of natural gas delivery to Europe, but Moscow has not confirmed the report. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday Russia would resume gas shipments only if international observers can monitor the process to ensure Ukraine does not steal fuel, The Washington Post reported. Ukraine...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced this at a press conference in Novo-Ogarevo (Russia), which was broadcast on the Vesti television channel (Russia).
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin says Russia will charge Ukraine market price for gas and pay market tr...
SymbianPinoy® Resources (Free subscription) | yesterday
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As in the days of Noah (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Russian PM Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will resume pumping gas to Europe once independent monitors are in place to check the flow to EU markets.Ukraine, whose dispute with Russia over pricing led to the crisis, said it would guarantee transit to Europe. The Czech EU presidency said monitors would check Russian gas entering and leaving Ukraine but it was unclear if a firm deal had been agreed.Earlier,...
Moscow (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) speaks with North European Gas Pipeline Chairman Gerhard Schroeder during their meeting in St .Petersburg. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir ...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia will charge Ukraine full market price for natural gas and will agree to pay a higher, market-based fee to ship that gas over Ukrainian pipelines.Putin has bla...
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
(PRAGUE) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreedThursday on the terms for the deployment of gas monitors in Ukraine,paving the way for an end to a Europe-wide energy crisis, the EUpresidency s
Moscow (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreed Thursday on the terms for the deployment of gas monitors in Ukraine, paving the way for an end to ...
Peace and Freedom Global Future (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Russia and the European Union clinched a deal on monitoring gas shipments through Ukraine, paving a way for the resumption of deliveries to EU countries. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reached an accord with Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, who holds the EU’s presidency, on deploying a monitoring commission. Russia and Ukraine still have to resolve [...]
Euractive (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Telephone diplomacy brought optimistic, although inconclusive results yesterday night (8 January), after Czech Prime Minister and current EU presidency holder Mirek Topolánek announced from Prague that he had reached a breakthrough with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
As in the days of Noah (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the European Union of moving too slowly to help negotiate an end to the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine, as a deal to dispatch EU pipeline monitors was reached Thursday.EU governments criticized both countries, saying it was unacceptable to see homes unheated, businesses closing and schools shut down in the middle of winter due to gas...
