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Russia, other GECF members to comply with gas agreements - Lavrov
As for gas supply to the world market, Russia, Algeria and other participants of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum abide by the agreements, Russian Foreign Minister said.
EU to continue talks on Russian oil import ban on May 5 — Reuters
Earlier, the EC announced the sixth package of sanctions on Russia, which comprises a deferred ban on crude oil and petroleum products export to the EU.
Gazprom supplied record-high gas volumes to Russian consumers on May 2 — spokesman
The cause is the abnormally low air temperature in the operational envelope of the Russian United Gas Supply System for early May.
European Commission considers payment for gas in rubles breach of sanctions
According to Simson, the mechanism offered by Moscow of transfering euros to Gazprombank followed by the conversion of the payment into rubles is "a clear breach of sanctions as they provide assets for the operation of the Central Bank.
Foreign pharmaceutical companies do not refuse to make drug supplies to Russia
All the pharmaceuticals with earlier observed panic buying are in sufficient quantities now.
Germany’s BASF plans to halt almost all its business in Russia, Belarus by start of July
Currently, 684 employees work for BASF in these two countries.
Russian IT industry needs about 1 million specialists, says United Russia’s secretary
The struggle between countries for IT specialists is escalating, Andrey Turchak pointed out.
Stora Enso wood producer to divest sawmills, forest operations in Russia
The sawmill sites are located in the Novgorod Region and Karelia.
Global food security issues caused by sanctions, protectionism
The accelerated energy transition, which Western countries are implementing, has an extremely negative effect on the global situation as well, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Chumakov said.
Malaysia hopes Russia's Aeroflot will open direct flights to Kuala Lumpur, says Ambassador
MOSCOW: Malaysian Ambassador to Russia Datuk Bala Chandran Tharman told Sputnik that he hopes Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot will soon open direct flights between St. Petersburg or Moscow and Kuala Lumpur.