Putin Addresses Peace Prospects and Condemns Norwegian Seizure of Russian Vessel

Norway seizes Russian vessel to enforce $4.22B Ukrainian arbitration claim - AP News

Norway seizes Russian vessel to enforce $4.22B Ukrainian arbitration claim  AP News

Putin Says Ukraine Threats 'Complicate' Prospects for Peace Talks

President Vladimir Putin said Russia and Ukraine maintain contacts even as he gave little sign that they’re making any progress on a peace deal. Ukraine’s threat to disrupt air traffic to Russia “complicates the prospects for bilateral peace talks,” Putin told an audience at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. (Translated into English from Russian. Source: host broadcaster via Associated Press) (Source: Bloomberg)

Norway seizes Russian state-owned ship over Ukrainian lawsuit

Seizure follows The Hague tribunal’s order that Russia return $4.2bn of Naftogaz assets expropriated in Crimea in 2014

Norway seizes Russian ship in Arctic over Crimea compensation claim

Moscow challenges Norway's seizure of vessel, the Professor Molchanov, calling it an act of piracy.

Putin continues to insist Russia is not preparing for mobilisation, claiming people are joining up voluntarily

Vladimir Putin says Russia has no need for additional mobilisation and dismisses reports of plans to call up more troops as an “information attack” ahead of State Duma elections.

By Iryna Balachuk

Putin floats 'chance' at peace with Ukraine as NATO chief warns Russia is becoming 'increasingly reckless' 

Putin said peace with Ukraine remains possible while calling Kyiv’s warning on Russian airspace “state terrorism,” as NATO flags fresh risks.

Putin denies fresh mobilization campaign in Ukraine war

The Russian president said there was no present need to mobilize more men, describing the reports as Ukrainian "disinformation." Putin was speaking during an economic forum in Russia's east.

Norway seizes Russian ship over US$4.2 billion claim by Ukrainian energy firm

Norway had seized a Russian ship in the Arctic to enforce a US$4.22 billion compensation claim won by Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz over Moscow’s seizure of its assets when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, officials said late on Wednesday. The vessel, the Professor Molchanov, was seized off the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, according to Covington, the US law firm representing Naftogaz. The Russian state news agency TASS quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesperson as saying the Norwegian...

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Putin says chance of peace deal made harder by Ukrainian aviation warning

Zelensky warned airlines and insurance companies this week that the presence of Ukrainian drones had made Russian skies dangerous

By Vladimir Soldatkin

Norway seizes Russian ship to enforce $4.22 billion Ukrainian compensation claim

Norway said Wednesday it had seized a Russian ship as part of a Ukrainian effort to recover $4.22 billion awarded to state energy firm Naftogaz over Russia’s seizure of its assets in Crimea in 2014. The Professor Molchanov vessel was detained off the Arctic Svalbard archipelago after a Norwegian court ordered its arrest.

By FRANCE 24

Norway seizes Russian ship in the Arctic as part of $4.2 billion claim by Ukrainian energy firm

Russia called the Norwegian ​action ‘piracy’

By Terje Solsvik

Norway seizes Russian ship to enforce $4.2 billion claim by Ukrainian energy firm - The Straits Times

Norway seizes Russian ship to enforce $4.2 billion claim by Ukrainian energy firm  The Straits Times

Putin cites chance of peace deal, Kyiv sees 'new dynamic'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said there was a chance of reaching an agreement ⁠to end the war in Ukraine, while Kyiv said it expected a "new dynamic" in peace efforts.

"Disinformation": Putin Says No Plan To Deploy More Soldiers Against Ukraine

Putin last ordered a "partial mobilisation" of reservists in 2022, following a string of military setbacks on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Putin cites chance of peace deal as Ukraine sees ‘new dynamic’

Putin, speaking at an economic forum in Russia's Far East, said a number of countries including the U.S. and China were ready to support a peace settlement.

Norway seizes Russian ship to enforce $4.2 billion claim by Ukrainian energy firm

The vessel, the Professor Molchanov, was seized off the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard after a 24-hour standoff with the Norwegian Coast Guard, according to Covington.

Putin says peace deal possible but Ukrainian attacks complicate talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there was a chance of a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine, but said restarting talks had become harder because of Ukrainian attacks on shipping and a call by Kyiv for civilian aircraft to avoid Russian airspace, Reuters reported. Putin said a number of countries, including […]

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Norway Seizes Russian Ship to Enforce $4.2Bln Claim by Ukraine’s Naftogaz

A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the seizure of the ship amounts to an act of “piracy.”

Putin says the war isn’t driving Russia’s falling birth rate

The war in Ukraine is affecting Russia’s birth rate, but it isn’t the main cause of the country’s demographic crisis, Vladimir Putin said at a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum.

Norway seizes Russian ship to enforce $4.2 billion claim by Ukrainian energy firm - The Star

Norway seizes Russian ship to enforce $4.2 billion claim by Ukrainian energy firm  The Star

Putin denies plans to mobilise more troops for Ukraine war

Russia has no present need to mobilise more men for its Ukraine offensive, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, describing speculation about another military call-up as Ukrainian "disinformation". The post Putin denies plans to mobilise more troops for Ukraine war appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Ayobami

AMA orders Accra businesses to close for September sanitation exercise

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has directed all shops, stalls, tabletop traders and other businesses in the metropolis to close on Saturday, September 5, as the city undertakes the September edition of the National Sanitation Day clean-up exercise.

By Emmanuel Tetteh