Russian gas giant Gazprom promised to reduce the price of gas supplied to Poland (under the Yamal contract) after the demands of the Polish state oil and gas company PGNiG, reported the head of PGNiG Jerzy Kwieciński. He added that the Russian company also pledged to correct the bills issued for March and April 2020. “I’m pleased to inform you

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, Interfax reports, citing a statement from Mishustin himself. According to RBC, this has also been confirmed by President Vladimir Putin. On Telegram, RBC reported that Mishustin has nominated First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov to take over as acting prime minister, while he recovers in self-isolation. Putin has already signed the decree appointing Belousov acting prime

Phone and Viber messages link Russian President Vladimir Putin’s No. 4 security official to the site of the MH17 killings. “The Dutch got their guy,” an official at NATO headquarters in Brussels told Insider. “This is the ‘smoking gun’ that links Putin directly through the chain of command of the FSB to the rebels. They’ll obfuscate and deny, but the

Conditions at their worst since 1997. The outlook in the Russian manufacturing industry is at its worst in more than two decades, the influential purchasing managers’ index (PMI) reading has shown. Levels of both production and sales dropped at the fastest rate since records began in 1997 between March and April, IHS Markit said Thursday, in yet another sign of

Students told The Moscow Times they face academic repercussions if they reject a government order to work in coronavirus hospitals. They also reported salaries drastically lower than promised. By Evan Gershkovich and Pjotr Sauer5 hours ago On Wednesday afternoon, Tatiana, a 22-year-old sixth-year medical student at First Moscow State Medical University, received a message from the university’s administration. Starting Friday, the text read,

During the searches, the SBU officers found massive amounts of print with anti-Ukrainian propaganda. The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has prevented an attempt of pro-Russian movement to organize provocations in Odesa on May 2, the anniversary of the tragic events at Kulykove Field in 2014. The law enforcers have established that perpetrators had been plotting to distribute flyers with

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Oleksiy Lyubchenko as the head of the StateTax Service on April 29, 2020.Photo by FacebookPopularon social media It took only five days for the Ukrainian government to find a new tax service chief after Serhii Verlanov was fired from the position on April 24. But while Verlanov enjoyed a reputation for honesty among tax specialists,

Putin announced a “non-working week” at the end of March. Anger and confusion are growing, as businesses and citizens still try to figure out what that means. By Jake CordellApril 25, 2020 At the end of March, the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin had announced a week-long paid holiday to keep Russians at home and slow the spread of the coronavirus, he

Delivery of humanitarian aid to Italy cost the National Guard UAH 633,500. This is stated in the response of the secretariat of the Main Directorate of the National Guard to the request of Ukrainian News Agency. According to the response, in April, Ukraine carried out two flights to deliver 8.9 tons of disinfectant liquid. The first flight cost Ukraine UAH

The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air on July 1, 2020 will open a new base at the Lviv International Airport, where it will place one Airbus A320 aircraft. “It will become the second airline’s base in Ukraine. In addition, Wizz Air announces the opening of seven new routes to Billund (Denmark), Tallinn (Estonia), Lisbon (Portugal), Hamburg (Germany), Szczecin (Poland) from Lviv, and also from Kharkiv to Tallinn and

PHOTOS28.04.2020 15:05 Ukraine received 42,500 medical protective suits purchased in South Korea by Petro Poroshenko’s Foundation and Roshen Company. It is the fourth batch of medical protective suits to be distributed among medical establishments across Ukraine within the next few days, the European Solidarity party’s press service reported on April 28. “The previous 30,000 suits have already been sent to

Rosneft and pediatric endocrinologist Maria Vorontsova, who is believed to Vladimir Putin’s eldest daughter, will lead the “accelerated development” of genetic technologies in Russia, and will spend up to $1 billion for this purpose, reports BBC. According to the publication, in early March, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova and the head of the oil company Rosneft Igor Sechin signed a cooperation

National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine head Artem Sytnyk speaks with the Kyiv Post on Feb. 18, 2020.Photo by Kostyantyn ChernichkinPopularon social media The Verkhovna Rada’s law enforcement committee on April 28 supported a bill that will allow the dismissal of Artem Sytnyk, the head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). The bill may be considered by the Rada on

https://meduza.io/impro/PYVk1qT6ZghkkKV6DrDxtwhYXi3RIURVotyyr1KRP54/fill/650/0/ce/1/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWR1/emEuaW8vaW1hZ2Uv/YXR0YWNobWVudHMv/aW1hZ2VzLzAwNS80/NjIvNjEwL29yaWdp/bmFsL1hpWEI2THN6/ZDVUNHFXZjd0Mk42/VUEuanBn.webp An advocacy group of Russian doctors has launched a website with a crowdsourced “in memoriam” list of the health workers who have died in Russia during the coronavirus epidemic. The list already includes more than 70 names — far more than Russian officials have acknowledged. Meduza special correspondent Pavel Merzlikin spoke to Moscow cardiologist Alexey Erlikh, one of the advocacy group’s creators, to