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Energy Commissioner Oettinger Opposes EU Sanctions against Russia’s Gas Sector

EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger has opposed EU sanctions against Russia's gas sector over the crisis in Ukraine.

Speaking Tuesday at an Energy Community meeting in Kiev, he insisted that sanctions against Russia's gas sector were to be avoided, adding that reliable energy supplies were not supposed to become a political instrument.

New Polish Gov't to Seek Normal Relations with Russia, Ukraine

The new cabinet in Poland will try to improve ties with Moscow and Kiev, Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna has announced.

His comments for Polish media outlets come briefly after Ewa Kopacz was sworn in as the country's Prime Minister over the weekend, the Bulgarian National Radio reports.

Russia's Putin 'Threatens to Send Army' to Riga, Warsaw, Bucharest

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has claimed his Russian counterpart told him his troops could reach NATO states "within two days", media reports suggest.

The reports is part of a summary of a conversation between Poroshenko and outgoing EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso obtained by German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung.

EU Parliament, Ukraine's Rada Adopt Association Agreement at Once

The European Parliament has given the green light to an Association Agreement with Ukraine setting up a free trade area after 2016.

While the agreement was being debated in Strasbourg, lawmakers in Ukraine also held discussions on the document, with both institutions having planned to pass it simultaneously.

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