Four European buyers of Russian gas have already settled in rubles. Bloomberg reported this based on an anonymous insider at state gas company Gazprom. In addition, ten European companies are said to have opened an account with Gazprombank to pay for gas from Russia in rubles. Russian President Vladimir […]
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is “absurd” with his uncritical comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin and should resign from the Social Democratic SPD. SPD co-chair Saskia Esken said this on the radio following an interview with Schröder in the New York Times. He rejected the allegations of war […]
A universal charger for small and medium-sized electronic devices will be launched in a few years’ time on the European market. That is certain now that, after the Member States, the European Parliament has also sided with the Commission’s proposal. In the future, all smartphones, tablets, headphones and other […]
The chairman of the Duma, the Russian House of Representatives, has labelled the reports of civilians murdered by Russian soldiers in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, as a propaganda stunt by “Washington and Brussels”. Parliament Speaker Viacheslav Volodin argues that there are no facts but lies that should put […]
A referendum on LGBTI policies in Hungary is non-binding because less than half of the voters showed up. However, Hungarians could answer yes or no to four questions on Sunday, including whether they think gender reassignment among children should be “promoted” and whether schools should be allowed to hold […]
Russian soldiers occupying the site around the old Chernobyl nuclear power plant are said to have driven with tanks through a highly toxic zone, the ‘Red Forest’, without any protection. That writes the Reuters news agency based on statements by two site employees. By driving around the area in […]
Deputy White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre has tested positive for corona after her trip to Belgium and Poland with US President Joe Biden. The spokeswoman already replaced another spokeswoman after she had taken a positive test. Karine Jean-Pierre is the latest in a series of people who have tested […]
Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), warned on Tuesday about the threat posed by cryptocurrencies obtained in exchange for rubles. This allows the sanctions of the western countries against Russia to be circumvented, it sounds. “Of all types of digital assets, I am most concerned […]
Germany wants to supply more weapons to Ukraine. The Ministry of Economic Affairs has agreed to deliver 2,700 anti-aircraft missiles, the German news agency DPA reported based on insiders. These are Strela anti-aircraft missiles developed by the Soviet Union and once belonged to the German Democratic Republic (GDR) army. […]
Twitter will abide by European Union sanctions against Russian state-affiliated media RT and Sputnik once those sanctions are in place. That said, the social network on Wednesday. “The sanctions are likely to oblige us by law to withhold certain content in EU member states,” a Twitter spokesperson told Reuters […]
