News / MN Newsletter // May 16

May 16, 2019

Russia Ukraine Russia could halt gas transit via Ukraine even without launch of Nord Stream 2 – Naftogaz chief - Interfax-Ukraine Russia's Transneft blames oil firms for contamination, no easy fix in sight - Reuters UK Russia-led forces mounted 24 attacks on Ukrainian army positions on Wednesday, no casualties reported – JFO HQ - Interfax Ukraine Russian senator brands post-Maidan Ukraine as ‘dark page’ in EU foreign policy history - TASS Kobolyev: Gas talks to resume only after Zelenskiy's inauguration | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Russia could halt gas transit via Ukraine even without launch of Nord Stream 2 – Naftogaz chief - Interfax-Ukraine Interfax-Ukraine 14:30 16.05.2019 Russia could halt gas transit via Ukraine even without launch of Nord Stream 2 – Naftogaz chief Russia's Gazprom has a technical capability of halting the use of the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) even if the construction of the alternative route Nord Stream 2 is not completed, Chairman of the Executive Board of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Andriy Kobolev said at the Ukraine: Game of Thrones: Final Season? Read More Russia's Transneft blames oil firms for contamination, no easy fix in sight - Reuters UK Reuters UK BRATISLAVA/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft said on Tuesday that oil producing firms were to blame for the recent contamination of an export pipeline, as sources said there was no quick fix to the problem. Read More Russia-led forces mounted 24 attacks on Ukrainian army positions on Wednesday, no casualties reported – JFO HQ - Interfax Ukraine Interfax Ukraine 12:27 16.05.2019 Russia-led forces mounted 24 attacks on Ukrainian army positions on Wednesday, no casualties reported – JFO HQ Russia-led forces mounted 24 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 15, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) Headquarters has said. Read More Russian senator brands post-Maidan Ukraine as ‘dark page’ in EU foreign policy history - TASS TASS MOSCOW, May 16. /TASS/. Post-Maidan Ukraine has become a blight on the history of the European Union’s foreign policy, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council's (upper house) Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev wrote on Facebook on Thursday. Read More Kobolyev: Gas talks to resume only after Zelenskiy's inauguration | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Kobolyev: Gas talks to resume only after Zelenskiy’s inauguration Published May 16 at 11:18 am Ukraine's oil and gas company Naftogaz Chief Executive Officer Andriy Kobolyev talks during a press conference after a meeting with the European Commission vice-president in charge of Energy Union and Russian representatives at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Jan. Read More

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