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Bill expanding sanctions against Nord Stream 2 filed in U.S. House of Representatives – Naftogaz

Posted on June 26, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 11 comments

19:57, 26 June 2020 – UNIAN This new legislation follows last year’s successful passage of PEESA in the annual U.S. defense budget bill. U.S. House Representatives Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Mike Turner (R-OH), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) on June 25 filed a bipartisan House companion bill of the U.S. Senate’s Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act. “[The document]

Russia’s Gazprom to Reimburse Poland $1.5Bln

Posted on June 15, 2020 by foccusser 5 comments

Russian gas giant Gazprom will reimburse Poland’s PGNiG to the tune of $1.5 billion by July 1 for overcharging it for its supplies for years, the Polish company said on Monday following a court battle. On March 30, state-owned PGNiG won a case against Gazprom over its long-term contract for gas imports at an international arbitration tribunal in Stockholm. The

Ex-Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder heads Rosneft’s board of directors

Posted on June 8, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 2 comments

17:59, 8 June 2020 – 112 UA German politician is criticized for his work in Russian companies. Former Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Rosneft Russian oil and gas company. Schroeder was re-elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, the press service of Rosneft said. As you know, Gerhard Schroeder has been heading the

And the king is naked! Gazprom and Rosneft, the two largest pillars of the Vladimir Putin regime, crash

Posted on May 29, 2020 by foccusser 3 comments

The global crisis, the deterioration of the system, American intervention, the Ukrainian footprint and the European demarche are the elements that destroy Gazprom and Rosneft, the two largest state monopolies of the Russian economy . The two pillars on which the crown of the Russian empire hangs cracked. Losses of Rosneft , the Kremlin’s gold mine, in the first quarter of 2020 reached $ 2.2

Russia halts gas supplies to Germany via Poland

Posted on May 27, 2020 by foccusser One comment

Supplies of Russian Gas to Germany via Poland using the Yamal-Europe pipeline have been halted, reported Interfax with reference to the data of the German gas transport operator GASCADE Gastransport GmbH. At 08:00-09:00 am Tuesday, the volume of the gas intake at Malnov station on the Polish-German border fell to zero. The day before, the transit of gas was at

Gazprom blocking gas transit to European companies via Ukraine, GTS operator says

Posted on April 9, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

23:50, 08 April 2020 The Ukrainian side has not imposed any restrictions. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has not allowed a number of European companies to receive gas at the Ukraine-Russia border for its subsequent delivery to Europe via Ukraine. That’s according to the press service of the state-owned Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine, citing CEO Serhiy Makogon. A number

RFE/RL: Poland state gas distributor says it wins $1.5 bln from Russia’s Gazprom in price dispute

Posted on March 31, 2020 by foccusser 3 comments

A subsidiary of Gazprom said that it had received the Stockholm arbitration ruling and was analyzing it. Poland’s largest distributor of natural gas has announced it won a years-long energy-supply price dispute with Russia’s state-run Gazprom worth $1.5 billion at an international arbitration court in Sweden. Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG), itself a Polish state-owned company, said in a

Naftogaz expects arbitration hearing on Crimea asset losses as early as May

Posted on March 16, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

16:10, 15 March 2020 With interest, Naftogaz’s claims against Russia amount to $8 billion. National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine and six companies that are part of Naftogaz Group are awaiting hearings in May on the amount of compensation for losses as part of the arbitration process launched against Russia regarding the seizure of the company’s assets in Crimea. That’s

Russia’s Gazprom Says It Will Complete Nord Stream 2 Alone

Posted on January 29, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan One comment

January 29, 2020 06:41 GMT Russia’s state-owned Gazprom has said it will complete the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project under the Baltic Sea on its own without the help of foreign companies. “The Nord Stream 2 project, which is already 94 percent complete, will be finished by the Russian side,” Gazprom deputy head Yelena Burmistrova reportedly told the European

EU fears new Russia gas crisis, amid court disputes

Posted on November 28, 2019 by foccusser 21 comments

By Andrew RettmanBrussels, Today, 09:17 Russia must pay Ukraine $2.6bn [€2.4bn] in a long-running gas dispute, a Swedish court has said, in a ruling that could lead to a repeat of the 2009 winter gas crisis in the EU. The Svea County Court of Appeal in Sweden issued its verdict on Wednesday (27 November), after Russian gas supplier Gazprom had

Naftogaz wins appeal against Gazprom in Stockholm Arbitration

Posted on November 27, 2019 by foccusser 2 comments

Gazprom has appealed against Arbitration Court’s Decision on Fuel Supply Contracts to Ukraine “Naftogaz” wins appeal against “Gasprom” in Stockholm Arbitration. Yuriy Vitrenko, the executive director of NJSC “Naftogaz of Ukraine”, announced this on his Facebook page. Gazprom has appealed against Arbitration Court’s Decision on Fuel Supply Contracts to Ukraine. “Complete victory! Ukraine wins again! We have won the appeal

U.S. sanctions on companies involved in Nord Stream 2 added to draft 2020 NDAA – media

Posted on November 24, 2019 by RedSquareMaidan 6 comments

12:59, 24 November 2019 The text of the sanctions provision has not been made public. Sanctions on companies involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline have been added to the draft 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch told Defense News on the sidelines of the Halifax International Security Forum. The inclusion of the sanctions

Gazprom’s Double Standards

Posted on November 20, 2019 by foccusser 3 comments

The Russian state-controlled energy company Gazprom wants to be known in Europe as a serious business partner capable of providing a stable supply of gas. But back home in Russia, the gas giant plays a different role. Here, Gazprom owns the nationwide network NTV, which conducts systematic media attacks on diplomats representing the European countries, alongside Russian civil society activists.

Kremlin offers Ukraine to refuse from claims at European courts for conclusion of gas contract

Posted on October 29, 2019 by RedSquareMaidan 2 comments

16:16, 29 October 2019 Earlier the trilateral gas talks between Ukraine, Russia and EU on new gas transit contract took place Dmitry Peskov, the Spokesperson of Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Ukraine should exclude judicial claims from the agenda to reach the agreements on gas transit as TASS reported. “The positions of Russia yesterday (during the trilateral consultations of Russia, EU and Ukraine,

Ukraine’s parliament passes bill on Naftogaz unbundling at first reading

Posted on October 19, 2019 by RedSquareMaidan 5 comments

23:49, 18 October 2019 The explanatory note reads the bill is necessary to reform Ukraine’s natural gas and electricity market in order to ensure its liberalization, efficiency, transparency and further integration with the European Union market. The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, on Friday adopted in the first reading bill No. 2239-1 on the unbundling of the Naftogaz of Ukraine. The

Russia’s Gazprom starts selling gas to itself

Posted on September 16, 2019 by vethf One comment

Monday, September 16, 2019 2:00:31 PM Following the declining demand for Russian gas in Europe, plummeting spot prices at gas hubs and a whopping cash gap in the budget, the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has resorted to selling gas to itself, finanz.ru reports. In the first half of the year, the company’s gas exports to Europe fell by 8.9%. In the first