Russia

19 February 2022, Bavaria, Munich: Finland's President Sauli Niinisto speaks at the 58th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa.

World

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Putin says Finnish plan to join NATO is a mistake in call with leader

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/14/22

The Finnish president organized the call to explain why his country plans to join NATO, according to a statement from Helsinki

FILED - 09 May 2022, Russia, Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) watches the Victory Day military parade marking the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II at Red Square in central Moscow. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa.

World

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Russia: No decision yet on moving nuclear weapons to Baltic region

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/14/22

Former president Dmitry Medvedev, who is now deputy head of the National Security Council in Moscow, had threatened to station nuclear weapons in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad

HANDOUT - 06 April 2022, Belgium, Brussels: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) receives Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (L) and Swedeish Foreign Minister Ann Linde prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the meetings of the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs. Photo: -/NATO/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

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NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Russian company says it will halt electricity supply to Finland

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/13/22

Rao Nordic describes itself as one of the leading importers of Russian electricity to the Scandinavian countries

FILED - 09 December 2021, Belgium, Brussels: High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hold a joint press conference after their meeting. Any provocation or aggression against Ukraine would have serious consequences, Borrell said in a message to Moscow ahead of a meeting with Ukrainian officials on Wednesday. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

EU announces further €500 million to buy weapons for Ukraine

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/13/22

The announcement brings the EU's total financial assistance to Ukraine to €2 billion

12 May 2022, Berlin: (L-R) Members of the Russian musical group Pussy Riot Diana Burkot, Anton Ponomarev, Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova perform during their concert at Funkhaus Berlin. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa.

World

ANTI-WAR TOUR

Pussy Riot perform in Berlin after activist flees Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/13/22

The Russian band has announced 19 performances for its tour and will perform in cities such as Munich, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Zagreb, Barcelona and Lisbon

FILED - 23 December 2021, Russia, Moscow: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, attends the annual End-of-year press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Peskov said that a Russian delegation has arrived in Belarus and is ready for talks with the Ukrainian side. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

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NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Russia warns Finland of retaliatory military measures if joins NATO

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/12/22

"A renewed expansion of NATO will not make our continent more stable and secure," spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, adding that Russia would be assessing the consequences of Finland joining…

Lifestyle

EUROVISION

Ukrainian entry makes it into Eurovision Song Contest final

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/11/22

Kalush Orchestra advanced in the first semi-final late Tuesday along with nine other countries

HANDOUT - 09 May 2022, Russia, Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) watches the Victory Day military parade marking the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II at Red Square in central Moscow. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Putin warns against another 'global war' on Russia's Victory Day

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/9/22

Fighting for Russia's security was taking place today in the Donbass in eastern Ukraine, the Russian president said

05 May 2022, Brandenburg, Halbe: Boxes containing the remains of 86 German soldiers are buried at Germany's largest war grave-site nearly 77 years after the end of WWII during a memorial service organized by the German War Graves Commission at the Waldfriedhof. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Ukraine slams Germany for banning Ukrainian flags at WWII events

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/9/22

Both Ukrainian and red flags with Soviet references were displayed despite the ban

Workers placing solar panels to produce energy on a roof. Photo: Pixabay.

Economy & Business

ENERGY CRISIS

Spain proposes mandatory solar panels to cut Russian energy imports

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/5/22

Public buildings, factories, supermarkets and other buildings with flat roofs must be equipped with solar panels, the energy ministers of 5 member states said

03 May 2022, Brandenburg, Meseberg: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C), Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin (L) and Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson speak during a press conference in front of Meseberg Palace, the German government's guest house, where the federal cabinet is meeting for a two-day closed meeting. The two heads of government came to the closed meeting as guests. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

World

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Finland probes possible airspace violation by Russian helicopter

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/4/22

The aircraft was a Mi-17 military helicopter, which is said to have flown 4 to 4.5 kilometres into Finnish airspace, broadcaster Yle reported.

03 April 2022, Ukraine, Mariupol: A wounded man stands with his children in a destroyed neighbourhood in Mariupol during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. By capturing the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Russia says it wants to create a secure land link to the annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. Photo: Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Moscow says 200,000 children taken from Ukraine to Russia

The Nomad Today 5/3/22

Russia frames this as an evacuation operation to bring people to safety , while Ukraine sees it as the forced deportation of its citizens from Russian-occupied territories in the east and…

HANDOUT - 26 April 2022, Ukraine, Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) gives an iPad to Ilya Matvienko, who is being treated at Okhmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital in Kiev. The boy is one of two orphans evacuated during the Russian attack on the city of Mariupol. Photo: Ukraine Presidency/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

About 100 civilians escape Mariupol steel plant, Zelensky says

The Nomad Today 5/2/22

"We will continue to do everything to evacuate our people from Azovstal, from Mariupol in general," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

HANDOUT - 29 March 2021, United Kingdom, ---: A Russian Tu-142 Bear-F aircraft which was intercepted by Typhoons from the RAF Lossiemouth base on Monday morning after it was spotted operating near the UK. Photo: Sac Sian Stephens Raf/Ministry of Defence (MoD) via PA Media/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

TENSIONS

Russian military plane briefly violates Swedish airspace again

The Nomad Today 5/1/22

Four Russian fighter jets had already briefly violated the airspace over Sweden at the beginning of March

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Gazprom says Poland is still buying Russian gas but through Germany

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/28/22

A Gazprom spokesman said 30 million cubic metres of gas flows from Germany to Poland every day, through the Yamal-Europe pipeline

28 April 2022, Japan, Tokyo: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks with journalists travelling with him on the Air Force Airbus A340 during his trip from Berlin to Tokyo. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Scholz: Germany must prepare for Russia to halt gas supplies

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/28/22

Scholz added that the German government had already started preparing for this eventuality this before Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Russia threatens to cut off further countries from its gas supply

The Nomad Today 4/27/22

Individual members of parliament and senators in Russia have already called for a complete stop of energy imports to the West

HANDOUT - 16 June 2021, Switzerland, Geneva: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with US President Joe Biden prior to their meeting. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

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AGREEMENT

Russia and US embark on surprise prisoner swap

The Nomad Today 4/27/22

Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had discussed the exchange at their summit meeting in Geneva last year

14 April 2022, Ukraine, Kyiv: Poland's President Andrzej Duda, speaks at a joint press conference with Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Latvia's President Egils Levits and Estonia's President Alar Karis during a visit to show support for Ukraine against the Russian aggression. Photo: -/Ukrainian Presidency/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Russia cuts natural gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria

The Nomad Today 4/27/22

The Polish natural gas company PGNiG said Tuesday afternoon that Gazprom was stopping gas flows as of Wednesday morning because Warsaw refused a demand by Moscow to pay for its supplies in roubles