Russia clears thousands of tons of contaminated sand after Black Sea oil spill By Reuters

Russia clears thousands of tons of contaminated sand after Black Sea oil spill By Reuters

(Reuters) – Russian rescuers have cleaned up more than 86,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil on both sides of the Kerch Strait after an oil spill in the Black Sea last month, the Emergencies Ministry said on Saturday. Oil has leaked from two aging tankers that were hit by a storm on December 15. … Read more

Russia halts gas exports to Europe via Ukraine By Reuters

Russia halts gas exports to Europe via Ukraine By Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian energy giant Gazprom ( MCX: ) said on Wednesday that gas exports via Ukraine to Europe had been halted since 08:00 Moscow time (0500 GMT) as a transit contract expired. Russia’s closure of an ancient gas route to Europe ends a decade of strained relations stemming from Russia’s 2014 annexation of … Read more

Russia will abandon its unilateral missile moratorium, Lavrov says By Reuters

Russia will abandon its unilateral missile moratorium, Lavrov says By Reuters

By Anton Kolodiazny and Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will lift a moratorium on the deployment of medium- and short-range nuclear missiles because the United States has deployed such weapons in various regions of the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday. Russia’s move, long signaled, would kill all that remains of … Read more