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• Ukraine’s prime minister Denys Shmyhal urged the EU to stand firm against Russia’s gas and oil “blackmail” and appealed for more weapons. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned that weapons stocks in the EU are running low and said the member states should better coordinate their military spending, but promised that the EU “will continue supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes.” On a related note: German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock warned that the e...Devamını Oku

06 Eyl 2022

• Kyiv and Moscow once again accused one another of firing on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced what he called "Russian blackmail" over the nuclear station. Russian-backed authorities claimed Ukrainian forces were behind the shelling, which damaged a pump and caused a fire to break out at the plant. A step back: Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been shelled multiple times in recent weeks, raising fears of a nu...Devamını Oku

15 Ağu 2022

• Poland and Bulgaria accused Russia of using natural gas to blackmail their countries, after Russia's state-controlled Gazprom cut off gas supplies to two countries. EU leaders echoed those comments and held an emergency meeting regarding the issue. What they said: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Gazprom's announcement is "yet another attempt by Russia to use gas as an instrument of blackmail." via WSJ

28 Nis 2022

• Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Iranian counterpart that the revived nuclear deal should not allow for any discrimination between participants. Maintaining the Kremlin's ask of a US guarantee that its trade, investment and military-technical cooperation with Iran would not be affected by the imposed sanctions for Ukraine's invasion, Lavrov underlined Russia's concerns on the impact of Western sanctions on its dealings with Iran. Furthermore: The US...Devamını Oku

08 Mar 2022

• Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov accused the West for ramping up political pressure through supplying weapons and ammunition to support Ukraine, calling it "blackmail and pressure". The Quote: "Everything happening in terms of pumping Ukraine with equipment, ammunition, military hardware including lethal weapons is an attempt to put additional political pressure on us, as well as probably military-technical pressure", the senior official said.

10 Şub 2022

• Members of UK PM Boris Johnson's Conservative Party have accused the government of "blackmailing", intimidating and threatening lawmakers who voiced support for the leader's resignation. "I have seen no evidence [and] heard no evidence." – Boris Johnson The backstory: Johnson has been under fire for the past couple of weeks after reports emerged of him having attended a lockdown party, with one of his party members telling him to "In the name of God, go," but th...Devamını Oku

21 Oca 2022

• The European Commission will propose today a new trade defense measure designed to combat non-EU countries wielding undue pressure on a member of the union, namely, China on Lithuania. A bigger picture: Greens lawmaker Reinhard Buetikofer said that for the Commission proposal to be effective it must not allow just one EU country to block action, pointing to Hungary’s closer ties with Beijing and previous use of a veto. “If any proof was needed that the EU needs...Devamını Oku

08 Ara 2021

⚽️ France and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has been found guilty of conspiring to blackmail his fellow French footballer Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape. Benzema was handed a one-year suspended jail term and a €75,000 fine.

25 Kas 2021

• Belarus President Lukashenko said “We don't want confrontation. We don't need it. Because we understand that if we go too far, war is unavoidable,” reiterating that the EU should accept some migrants while Belarus repatriates others. Germany, and others, quickly rejected this renewed call. What is really going on: Poland’s border guard said Minsk is still ferrying migrants flown in from the Middle East to Belarus. “The EU must not give in to blackmail from Lukas...Devamını Oku

23 Kas 2021