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Russian energy giant Gazprom halts supplies to Bulgaria and Poland, reports say EU trying to increase gas purchase in Roubles to help them
Russian media has reported that the European Union would be temporarily increasing its gas purchases from Russia through countries which are ready to do their payments in Russian Roubles to compensate for the demand of Poland and Bulgaria.
Which part of the ‘rules-based order’ justifies what the world did in Afghanistan: Dr Jaishankar shows the mirror to the West once again
Dr Jaishankar pointed out how Europe simply advised India to just do more trade when the same rules-based order was under threat in Asia.
Germany dismisses reports claiming that India will not be invited to G7 summit over its stand on Russia-Ukraine war, invitation to be sent soon
German govt dismisses Bloomberg report claiming that India will not be invited to the upcoming G7 summit
Hostages were forced to sing ‘Hotel Osama’, a depraved parody of ‘Hotel California’: French journalist held by Islamic State in Syria reveals in court
ISIS terrorists had forced their hostages to sing Hotel Osama, says French journalist in trial of British ISIS terrorist
‘US-UK funded media and PR organisations running Ukraine’s propaganda ops, lobbyists working to send more weapons to prolong the conflict’: Report
While the Russian Language News Exchange claims to be 'independent', Cohen writes that it is a project by Free Press Unlimited, funded by the Dutch government and European Commission.
NOT satire: Russia gets banned in tree competition, Poland wins ‘European Tree of the Year’ award
Poland won the European tree of the year competition this year after Russia was disqualified over its invasion of Ukraine.
‘Russian oil cargoes that could not find European buyers are being bought by India’: Report
Lars Barstad, the CEO of a New York-listed tanker company has been quoted by the FT report as saying, "the discounts on the Russian Urals for India was about $25-30 per barrel. Freight rates would add only $3-4 per barrel, making the trade economic for India."
Lithuania stops Covid-19 vaccine donation to Bangladesh because it abstained from UN vote against Russia
Lithuania had earlier decided to donate up to 444,600 Pfizer doses to Bangladesh under the EU’s combined efforts to combat the pandemic globally.
Canada does not buy crude from Russia but Justin Trudeau bans the import, European nations continue gas and oil imports from Russia
Even after imposing sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, European nations continue to import gas and oil from Russia
Switzerland allows legal gender change through ‘self-declaration’, without medical procedure or therapy
Legal change of gender will no longer need medical procedure or hormone therapy. Transgenders in Switzerland can now just walk into a civil registry office and get themselves documented as per 'chosen gender'.
