News / MN Newsletter // July 29

July 29, 2019

Russia Ukraine Russian national charged for offering bribe to Odesa border guards - UNIAN There's No Real Reason To Sanction Russia Anymore - Forbes Gerus: Ukraine getting ready for worst-case ‘gas scenario’ - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Reuters: Russia helped Syrian army thwart militant attacks - Kyiv Post Ukrainian gas stocks grow to over 15.5 bcm since April 5 - UNIAN Russian national charged for offering bribe to Odesa border guards - UNIAN UNIAN Russian national charged for offering bribe to Odesa border guardsThe man attempted to "buy" his friend's crossing of the Ukrainian border. SBGS Odesa detachment press service A Russian citizen has been served with a suspicion notice after offering a US$1,500 bribe to border guards.The man attempted to corrupt border officers into letting another Russian national, who arrived from Minsk on Sunday, cross into the country after he was denied entry, the State Border Guard Service's Odesa Detachment press service reports. Read More There's No Real Reason To Sanction Russia Anymore - Forbes Forbes Russian President Vladimir Putin has been blamed for the election of Donald Trump since November 2016. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP) ASSOCIATED PRESSOther than just hating Russia because it's, well, run by super Bond villain Vlad Putin, there is no reason to sanction Russia anymore. Read More Gerus: Ukraine getting ready for worst-case ‘gas scenario’ - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukraine plans to fill the gas storage facilities to capacity in order to be prepared for the worst-case scenario, namely the cessation of Russian gas transit through the Ukrainian territory. Read More Reuters: Russia helped Syrian army thwart militant attacks - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Reuters: Russia helped Syrian army thwart militant attacks Published July 29 at 2:29 pm EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / This picture taken with a drone shows the site of a reported air strike on the town of Ariha, in the south of Syria's Idlib province on July 27, 2019. Read More Ukrainian gas stocks grow to over 15.5 bcm since April 5 - UNIAN UNIAN Ukrainian gas stocks grow to over 15.5 bcm since April 5The storage facilities are filled by 50%. REUTERS Natural gas stocks in Ukraine's underground storage facilities (USFs) have increased by 77.6%, to 15.551 billion cubic meters (bcm) since April 5, when Ukraine started pumping natural gas to refill its reserves.As of July 20, 2019, gas reserves in the country's USFs were 22.2% up against 12.73 bcm reported on the same date last year. Read More

Top News Vauxhall owner 'could move Astra production from UK' - BBC News Alan Dershowitz, Devil’s Advocate - The New Yorker Scotland's largest offshore wind farm officially opened - BBC News Democrats and media condemn Trump’s racist Cummings attack - The Guardian Fortnite: UK player finishes second in e-sports World Cup - BBC News Vauxhall owner 'could move Astra production from UK' - BBC News BBC News Image copyright Getty Images The chief executive of Vauxhall-owner PSA says it could move all production from its Ellesmere Port factory if Brexit makes it unprofitable. Carlos Tavares told the Financial Times that the firm has alternatives to the plant which it could use. Read More Alan Dershowitz, Devil’s Advocate - The New Yorker The New Yorker “A lie is a lie is a lie,” Whoopi Goldberg said. It was May 2nd, and she was on the set of “The View,” the daytime talk show that she co-hosts. The subject was Attorney General William Barr, who had argued that the special counsel Robert Mueller’s report was not as alarming as it seemed—endorsing Donald Trump’s claim that there had been “no collusion, no obstruction” in the Russia case. Read More Scotland's largest offshore wind farm officially opened - BBC News BBC News Image copyright BOWL Image caption Beatrice is an offshore wind farm off Scotland's Caithness coast Scotland's largest offshore wind farm is to be officially opened by Prince Charles later. Read More Democrats and media condemn Trump’s racist Cummings attack - The Guardian The Guardian In its response to Donald Trump’s racist attack on congressman Elijah Cummings, the editorial board of the Baltimore Sun said it “would not sink to name-calling in the Trumpian manner”. Read More Fortnite: UK player finishes second in e-sports World Cup - BBC News BBC News Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJaden Ashman, 15, from Essex, placed second in the Fortnite World Cup finals alongside his Dutch teammate.A British teenager has won nearly a million pounds after coming second alongside his teammate in the Fortnite World Cup finals. Read More

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