Russia

Évian (EFE).- O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, abriu a porta nesta terça-feira para um restabelecimento das sanções ao petróleo russo, agora que os preços do óleo bruto estão caindo graças ao otimismo em torno do acordo de paz com o Irã. «Em breve poderemos fazer isso, porque o...

​St. Petersburg, Russia, Jun 4 (EFE).- Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a possible ceasefire in Ukraine on Thursday, arguing that peace can be negotiated while fighting continues. ​»There is no need to suspend hostilities to start negotiations on Ukraine,» Putin said during a meeting with representatives of major global news...

Astana (EFE).- Armenia will hold a referendum to decide its future alignment between the Russian led economic bloc or the European Union, following pressure from Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday during the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) summit in Astana, which brought together the leaders of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and...

Helsingborg, Sweden (EFE).- NATO foreign ministers began their two-day meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, on Thursday amid tension with Russia over the latest incidents involving drones in the Baltic countries. ​The meeting, precisely on the shores of the Øresund Strait, which connects the North Sea and the Baltic, is the first...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Thousands of displaced Crimean Tatars commemorated on Monday the 82nd anniversary of their mass deportation on orders from Joseph Stalin, while drawing painful parallels with the threat posed by the ongoing Russian occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula. During rallies across Ukraine, representatives of the Indigenous...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Ukraine’s strategy that aims to push Russia into real negotiations gains new force as the long-range drone strikes against Russia’s oil sector have jumped in intensity and impact in the last few weeks. According to initial estimates, Russia’s maritime exports of crude oil fell by...

Washington (EFE).- O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, disse nesta quarta-feira que teve uma “excelente conversa” por telefone com o líder russo, Vladimir Putin, que lhe ofereceu “ajuda” nas negociações para limitar as reservas de urânio enriquecido do Irã. “Falei sobre a Ucrânia e falei um pouco sobre o...

Moscou (EFE).- O Kremlin descartou nesta quarta-feira uma possível saída da Rússia da aliança ampliada da Organização dos Países Exportadores de Petróleo (Opep+), algo que anunciaram ontem os Emirados Árabes Unidos. O porta-voz presidencial russo, Dmitry Peskov, respondeu negativamente a uma pergunta sobre o assunto durante sua entrevista coletiva por...

Moscou (EFE).- A Rússia não se surpreendeu com a decisão dos Estados Unidos de não renovar a flexibilização temporária das sanções sobre a compra de determinados lotes de petróleo bruto russo, segundo declarou nesta quinta-feira o porta-voz do Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, ao destacar que o país aprendeu a viver apesar...

Budapest (EFE).- Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Péter Szijjártó repeatedly promised internal European Union documents to his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, according to recordings published on Wednesday by local media. The recordings, published by VSquare, FrontStory, Delfi Estonia, The Insider, and the Ján Kuciak Investigative Center, contain conversations between the two...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- The prolongation of the war in the Middle East threatens to decrease or even halt vital supplies of air defense ammunition to Ukraine from the United States, while Kyiv seeks other ways to secure the means to intercept Russian missiles. “Our stock of missiles is...

Moscou (EFE).- O presidente da Rússia, Vladimir Putin, teve nesta quinta-feira uma conversa telefônica com o príncipe herdeiro e primeiro-ministro saudita, Mohammed bin Salman, na qual debateram a crise no Oriente Médio provocada pela guerra no Irã, sua incidência no mercado internacional de petróleo e as vias para solucionar esta...