“We can see how our food,ourenergy,ourdefence are all issues of sovereignty,”“We want to be open to the world but we want to choose our partners¬ depend on anybody.”/The EU will nolonger import iron&steel goods from theRF&there will be a ban onEuropean investments across R’s energy sect
12/13 German officials say they had hoped to use Nord Stream’s expected demise as a bargaining chip in talks with Poland, /which is dead set against the pipeline. In exchange for backing away from Nord Stream, Berlin wanted Warsaw to drop demands that Germany pay war reparations./
1/11 Similarly unsubstantiated was the claim that the European Commission is accusing Ukraine of flooding the EU with heroin. The US, as another traditional target of the disinformation campaign, was again accused without evidence of training and arming Isis and blocking humanitarian aid in Syria.
11/30 Denmark passed a law on Thursday, November 30, that could allow it to ban/The measure amends Denmark's regulatory framework to allow the authorities to cite security or foreign policy as reasons to block a pipeline. Previously these were not valid grounds for objection, Reuters wrote.
allowed Nord Stream 2/EC wants the new rules to be introduced before the end of2018–early enough to apply them to the Nord Stream , which should be completed by the end of next year. It must be noted that the Parliament of Denmark has already begun to discuss a new law proposed by the government
9/23 TheDanish government is considering prohibiting the pipeline to be built in Danish waters,& Sweden sees it as a security policy matter.Finland is worried about the pipeline's environmental impact.PM stated in Saint Petersburg onFriday,that Finland’s stance on the pipeline was “neutral”.
8/25 The one involved in the close encounter with the Danish Vipers appears to be an MK from Fedotovo/the Tu-142 has only been seen in the area a few times earlier.〜the majority of the missions flown by the Russians over the Baltic Sea or around northernEurope involve long-range strategic bomber
7.10 (Abe)said Japan would increase its role in the Arctic Council by "positively contributing more than in the past to (its) activities."/ "They (Japanese) are particularly interested in the Northeast Passage," Niinisto said,referring to the Arctic shipping route ムーミン
Denmarkâs Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen speaks during a press conference after the official ceremony welcoming the deployment of a multi-national NATO battalion in Tapa, Estonia, April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
4.23A report from the Danish Defence Intelligence Service's unit for cyber security said "a foreign player" had spied 〜/ "It is linked to the intelligence services or central elements in the Russian government, and it is a constant battle to keep them away," (FM) Frederiksen told the newspaper.
Nilsen was traveling with a delegation from the Danish Parliament´sCommittee ofFA.For theMPs,the trip to Murmansk was to mark a new&more conciliatoryDanish approach towardsRussia.Instead,they got a live-time feel with resurgentRussia’s handling of independent civil society representatives&the med