Gazprom (GAZP.MM) has sent a letter to Ukraine formally proposing either to extend a current deal supplying gas to the country for its own use and for transit to Europe or to sign a new one-year agreement, the Russian gas exporter said on Monday.

• Date: 18.11.2019  |  Published on EGF: 18.11.2019  |  Energy

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there were risks that Russian gas transit via Ukraine to Europe could be interrupted.

• Date: 15.11.2019  |  Published on EGF: 15.11.2019  |  Energy

Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning a visit to Turkey in the first week of January, a senior aide to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told state broadcaster TRT Haber on Friday.

• Date: 15.11.2019  |  Published on EGF: 15.11.2019  |  Energy

President Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed Turkey’s military offensive in Syria in a phone call on Saturday, Turkey’s presidency said.

• Date: 13.11.2019  |  Published on EGF: 13.11.2019  |  External Relations

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the Kurdish YPG militia had not withdrawn from some Syrian border areas and that U.S. forces were still carrying out joint patrols with the group, contrary to an agreement between them.

• Date: 06.11.2019  |  Published on EGF: 06.11.2019  |  External Relations

The TurkStream pipeline that would bring gas to Central Europe bypassing Ukraine and nuclear energy issues are expected to feature high on the agenda at a meeting between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

• Date: 06.11.2019  |  Published on EGF: 06.11.2019  |  Energy

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday called on Iran to fulfill the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, but said Moscow understood why Tehran was cutting back on its commitments.

• Date: 06.11.2019  |  Published on EGF: 06.11.2019  |  External Relations

Ukraine plans more troop withdrawals in the eastern Donbass region as a confidence building measure to help pave the way for four-way peace talks with Russia, France and Germany, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.

• Date: 04.11.2019  |  Published on EGF: 04.11.2019  |  External Relations