Ukraine has the right to defend itself, a bloc representative said when asked about Kiev’s attacks on Belgorod Kiev has the right to defend itself against Moscow, EU spokesman on foreign affairs Peter Stano has told TASS. The Russian news agency contacted Stano for a comment on recent attacks on the Russian city of Belgorod…

Russia’s gas exports to China were nearly 50% higher in 2023 than they were the previous year, energy giant Gazprom has revealed. In 2023, Russia supplied 22.7 billion cubic meters of gas to the Asian nation via the Power of Siberia pipeline, the company said in a Telegram post on Wednesday. The amount exceeded Gazprom’s…

Russia’s Alrosa and its CEO have been targeted as part of the import ban on diamonds produced in the country The EU has added Russia’s mining giant Alrosa as well as its CEO Pavel Marinychev to its sanctions blacklist, the European Council announced on its official website on Wednesday.