In the letter, ministers from Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia said the Nord Stream 2 plans would see “practically the entire volume of Russian gas imports” entering the European Union in northeast Germany.
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It was the first time a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member’s armed forces have downed a Russian or Soviet military aircraft since the 1950s and Russian and Turkish assets fell on fears of an escalation between the former Cold War enemies.
IS on Wednesday released a video in which a Russian-speaking man identifies himself as Magomed Khasayev, confesses to spying for Russian intelligence and then is shown apparently being beheaded by another Russian-speaking man.
And Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov confirmed that Isis had beheaded his compatriot Magomed Khasayev, an alleged Russian spy, and called for revenge. We did not hear anything new.
Turkey and Azerbaijan have agreed to complete Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project, or TANAP, before 2018, the Turkish premier, Ahmet Davutoglu, said on Thursday. Cavusoglu said “it would be unrealistic to say that the problem has been overcome”, but added “our hope is that they avoid making unfounded claims”.
The Russian president reiterated that Russia believes that the Turkish leadership makes money from smuggling crude oil obtained by Daesh militant group in territories that the opposition group occupies in Syria and Iraq.
German Defense Minister Ursula Von der Leyen, left, and her Turkish counterpart Ismet Yilmaz flanked by two portraits of Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as they pose for a photo before their talks, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 3…
“I don’t expect Russian Federation to take a step that would put Turkey’s supply security at risk unless the tensions between the two countries escalate dramatically”, Danis said in an e-mail. He called on Putin to resign if they are not.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said from the sidelines of the climate summit in Paris this week the Kremlin considered it a “criminal action”.
“Russia, like the rest, needs no fight other than the one it is now leading to defeat the Islamic State”.
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Several traders said Ukraine, one of Russia’s main rivals on the world grain market, is the best alternative wheat supplier but its prices for the same quality are higher. There was no immediate assessment offered of the results of the strikes. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give his name when discussing operations.
