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EU ban on Russian LNG could backfire

13 April 2023

Momentum is building behind calls for the EU to impose a ban on Russian LNG, even though doing so could make it harder for the bloc to stock up on gas supplies before next winter.

The Hague’s Arbitration Tribunal orders Russia to pay Naftogaz $5bn compensation for loss of Crimean assets

13 April 2023

The Hague’s Arbitration Tribunal has ordered Russia to pay Ukraine’s state-owned natural gas champion $5bn in compensation for losses caused by Moscow’s seizure of Naftogaz’s Crimean assets during the annexation of the peninsula in 2014.

Police break up oil worker demo in Astana

12 April 2023

More than 80 detained as authorities disperse protest mounted by group who travelled to capital from volatile town of Zhanaozen.

Hungary reaches new energy agreements in Moscow

12 April 2023

Budapest defies EU again and signs new agreements to ensure the uninterrupted supply of Russian gas and crude oil and to amend the financing of the Paks nuclear power plant expansion.