Moscow must capture the Ukrainian capital sooner or later, the former president has claimed Russia will have to continue fighting Ukraine until it takes Kiev, former President Dmitry Medvedev has claimed. The city has “Russian roots” but is being run by US-led enemies of Moscow, meaning it poses an existential threat, according to the senior…

The EU nation is not self-sufficient enough to stop the purchases for now, the energy minister says Italy is still reliant on Russian natural gas, which it continues to import despite calls in the EU for a ban, according to Environment and Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin.

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