Kiev has no plans to prolong gas transit to the EU from Russia when the current contract expires this year, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Sunday. Brokered by the EU, the five-year deal, signed in 2019, provides for Russian energy giant Gazprom to transit 65 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas through Ukraine…
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The Russian economy expanded beyond expectations last year, and is on course for further growth in 2024 Western sanctions on Moscow have failed to destabilize the Russian economy, according to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Nauseda pointed to macroeconomic indicators which plainly signal that the country’s economy remains…