gazprom wants to process one in the north and one in the south to supply all the e.u.'s energy needs rufus offered you with it starting off again current. with the north stream pipeline in the baltic and touchscreen in the black sea russia would enjoy plenty of options from moscow energy policy and foreign policy a closely intertwined. the pipes in the violent dog sort of originally intended for an older project the south stream pipeline that pipeline was intended to dominate the black sea market in the same way that north stream has come to dominate the baltic sea pathway. from launch the initiative together with western european firms in two thousand and nine. but in late twenty fourteen in the face of rising pressure from brussels and washington putting abandoned the south stream project. construction on its successor turf stream pipeline began in may twenty seventeen. the new pipeline has also paved the way for a new political alliance between moscow and ankara. but the us also has a keen interest in southern europe particularly when it comes to energy supplies geop

welcome back ukraine has started seizing assets belonging to russian energy giant gazprom following a long term dispute over gas supplies. joined kevin owen in the studio to discuss the story. well it's one of these cases when you can easily say not again russia and ukraine could be on the brink of an all out gas war again as you said kiev's begun seizing the assets of russia's energy giant gazprom but a few days ago gasper said it was scrapping all sales and transit contracts with kiev however there is something for you to bear in mind no matter what happens in politics all the difficulties between kiev and moscow the ultimate reality has been that ukraine has been relying on gas imports from russia all along for all these years eastern and central europe to a massive share of these gas supplies is delivered through ukraine if there's jenga tower of contracts for purchases the transit and all the political issues to top all that off collapses staying warm in eastern europe during this very cold spring as we all know could become an issue but a blip company has been asked me said it w

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ukraine has started seizing assets belonging to russian energy giant gazprom it's following a long term dispute over gas supplies. joined kevin owen in the studio to discuss this. well it's one of these cases when you can easily say not again russia and ukraine could be on the brink of an all out gas war again as you said kiev speak seizing the assets of russia's energy giant gazprom but a few days ago gasper said it was scrapping all sales and transit contracts with kiev however there is something for you to bear in mind no matter what happens in politics all the difficulties between kiev and moscow the ultimate reality has been that ukraine has been relying on gas imports from russia all along for all these years eastern and central europe to a massive share of these gas supplies is delivered through ukraine if there's jenga tower of contracts for the purchases the transit and all the political issues to top all that off collapse as staying warm in eastern europe during this very cold spring as we all know could become an issue but a blip company has by the said who's a blip in the. b

ukraine has started seizing assets belonging to russian energy giant gazprom following the long term dispute over gas supplies. joined kevin owen in the studio to discuss the story. well it's one of these cases when you can easily say not again russia and ukraine could be on the brink of an all out gas war again as you said kiev's begun seizing the assets of russia's energy giant gazprom but a few days ago gasper said it was scrapping all sales and transit contracts with kiev however there is something for you to bear in mind no matter what happens in politics all the difficulties between kiev and moscow the ultimate reality has been that ukraine has been relying on gas imports from russia all along for all these years eastern and central europe to a massive share of these gas supplies is delivered through ukraine if there's jenga tower of contracts for the purchases the transit and all the political issues to top all that off collapses staying warm in eastern europe during this very cold spring as we all know could become an issue the there's been a blip couple years by a nasty said

the legal conflict now has been going on for more than three years and you mean russia's gas giant gazprom and ukraine snuff their gas now the decision follows a verdict of the stock came up tracing of course they bought it now after gas to pay gazprom two billion dollars they've ordered the russian company to compensate snuff their gas will almost five billion dollars now these disputes their initially over gas problem demanding payments of debts the gas to live it in ukraine back in twenty fourteen and after gas demanding it was a compensation for not pumping these agreed volumes of gas now ukraine has praised the course decision but the c.e.o. of prime has said there's a solution is very asymmetric now arbitrates is justified the decision by the sharp deterioration in the ukrainian economy we're categorically against the grain is economic problems been solved expense. right as i say this kind of things been going over for a couple of years this latest one in twenty fourteen but it's particularly cold this time of year especially in europe at the moment i was come back from britain it's

as belonging to russian energy giant gazprom following a years long to speed of a gas supplies that's going to speak to this because across it more twists and turns of the lights of winter came to a bit of a head loss we didn't it was the latest kevin hello well we've seen this before and it is happening again ukraine and russia could be on the brink of an all out gas war so kiev as you were saying has begun seizing the ather assets sorry of russia's energy giant gazprom and ukraine and a few days ago gas from said that it was scrapping all sales and transit contracts but for you to understand no matter what happens in politics between kiev and moscow all timidly the reality is that ukraine has been relying on gas imports from russia all along all these years still eastern and central europe too and besides this a massive share of these gas supplies to europe is delivered through ukraine and if this jan get tower of contracts for purchases transit and politics to top all that off collapses staying warm in the region this cold spring may become a problem how come it's got to this again

his story next you crave the started seizing assets partly belonging to the russian energy giant gazprom it's the latest in a row the city can own for the moment. here is a dispute because across the latest twists and turns we fish for the next four years ago the contracts are in dispute between ukraine and russia what's the latest know them well kevin it's one of these cases when you can easily say not again because russia and ukraine could be on the brink of a real all out gas war so as you were saying kiev has begun seizing the assets of russia's energy giant gazprom a few days ago though gas said that it was scrapping all sales and transit contracts with kiev but in this case there's something for you to bear in mind no matter what happens in politics the ultimate reality is that for all these years ukraine has still been heavily relying on the russian natural gas imports and eastern and central europe to in this case and a massive share of these gas supplies were delivered through ukraine so if there's jenga tower of contracts for the purchases the transit and all the political issu

decision follows a verdict of the stock came up tracing of course they've ordered now fdic us to pay gazprom two billion dollars they've ordered the russian company to compensate snuff their gas with almost five billion dollars now these disputes their initially over gas problem demanding payments of debts for gas to live it in ukraine back in twenty fourteen after gas demanding it was compensation for not pumping these agreed volumes of gas now ukraine has praised the course decision but the c.e.o. of has said there's a session is very asymmetric now arbitrates is justified a decision by the short deterioration in the ukrainian economy where categorically against the grain is economic problems been solved. or are those really cold across europe is compiled from britain is really chilly there the big question is going to be among a lot of skeptical europeans are we going to have some problems with gas is the going to be the gas disruption to europe what's the answer exactly well this temptation will affect to contracts the shipment of natural gas to ukraine's now take us also the tranced of

welcome back ukraine has started seizing assets belonging to russian energy giant gazprom following a long term dispute over gas supplies. trying to join kevin in the studio to discuss the story. well it's one of these cases when you can easily say not again russia and ukraine could be on the brink of an all out gas war again as you've said kiev's begun seizing the assets of russia's energy giant gazprom but a few days ago gasper said it was scrapping all sales and transit contracts with kiev however there is something for you to bear in mind no matter what happens in politics all the difficulties between kiev and moscow the ultimate reality has been that ukraine has been relying on gas imports from russia all along for all these years eastern and central europe to a massive share of these gas supplies is delivered through ukraine if there's jenga tower of contracts for purchases the transit and all the political issues to top all that off collapses staying warm in eastern europe during this very cold spring as we all know could become an issue the there's been a blip couple years by

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great big stand off position and it doesn't make sense i mean you know to see it i mean germany and gazprom are cooperating quite well in energy supply to europe and i was tend to think that if you talk to people you are going to get further than a few. natures and more predictably immediately said they support resume the white house what do you make of their reaction more temporary today too busy second people where all right i mean even before the signing of the secretary of state but he didn't care do you think that in washington they realize relations with russia are more important than immediate reactions. it so difficult at the moment to call russian american relations you know the this state department easy calles frankly there are a huge number of vacancies there you've had the last year with the secretary of state and the president basically is each other's throats and it's difficult to see the united states is being a very credible foreign policy player at the moment and there are many in the palace of westminster that we're expecting to resume to attack this station on t.v. surpr

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ukraine has started seizing assets belonging to the russian energy giant gazprom following buz long dispute of a gas supplies told by that of their own with a correspondent for trying. the contracts are in dispute except between ukraine and russia what's the latest know them well it's one of these cases when you can easily say not again russia and ukraine could be on the brink of an all out gas war again as you said kiev speak seizing the assets of russia's energy giant gas but a few days ago gasper said it was scrapping all sales and transit contracts with kiev however there is something for you to bear in mind no matter what happens in politics all the difficulties between kiev and moscow the ultimate reality has been that ukraine has been relying on gas imports from russia all along for all these years eastern and central europe to a massive share of these gas supplies is delivered through ukraine if there's jenga tower of contracts for the purchases the transit and all the political issues to top all that off collapse as staying warm in eastern europe during this very cold spring as we

good to have you with us today ukraine has started seizing assets belonging to russian energy giant gazprom it's following a long time dispute over gas supplies that is out there despite an appeal case still being heard by a court in stockholm. has the story. russia and ukraine could be on the brink of an all out gas war again kiev's begun seizing the assets of russia's energy giant gas but a few days ago gasper said it was scrapping all sales and transit contracts with ukraine's nafta gas and russia's gas from have been settling their disputes in a style called arbitration court and in the last few years there have been so many issues and between these two but just a short while ago one stockholm tribunals decision forced the firm to pay the russians a sum of about two billion u.s. dollars that was basically a gas bill that they hadn't paid but then the latest decision was that russia's gas brom must pay ukraine's nafta gatt as more than four point six billion u.s. dollars that was for abusing their position as a monopoly and if you do the math then moscow ends up owing more than two point

ukraine the legal conflict now has been going on for more than three years between russia's gas giant gazprom and ukraine snuff their gas now the decision follows a verdict of the stock came up tracing of course they've ordered now fdic asked to pay gas prompt two billion dollars they've ordered the russian company to compensate enough their gas with almost five billion dollars now these disputes there initially have a gas problem demanding payments of debts for gas to live it in ukraine back in twenty fourteen after gas demanding it was a compensation for not pumping these agreed volumes of gas now ukraine has praised the course decision but the c.e.o. of prime has said the decision is very asymmetrical not betrayed says justify the decision by the show of deterioration in the ukrainian economy where categorically against the cranes economic problems been solved. or are those really cold across europe is compiled from britain is really chilly there the big question is going to be here among a lot of skeptical europeans are we going to have some problems with gas is there going to be any gust

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welcome back now ukraine has started seizing assets belonging to the russian energy giant gazprom following a long term dispute over gas supplies spiked though an appeal case still being heard by a court in stock has any prank russia and ukraine could be on the brink of an all out gas war again kiev speak seizing the assets of russia's energy giant gas but a few days ago gasper said it was scrapping all sales and transit contracts with kiev ukraine's nafta gas and russia's gas from have been settling their disputes. a stockholm arbitration court and in the last few years there have been so many issues between these two but just a short while ago one stockholm tribunals decision forced the firm to pay the russians a sum of about two billion u.s. dollars that was basically a gas bill that they hadn't paid but then the latest decision was that russia's gas from must pay ukraine's nafta gatt as more than four point six billion u.s. dollars that was for abusing their position as a monopoly and if you do the math then moscow and kiev more than two point five billion euros dollars and the bosses a

what i get now ukraine has started seizing assets belonging to the russian energy giant gazprom following a long term to speak the gas supplies that despite an appeal case stable still being heard by a court and still coming in to try and kill as more details. russia and ukraine could be on the brink of an all out gas war again. seizing the assets of russia's energy giant gas but a few days ago gasper said it was scrapping all sales and transit contracts with ukraine's nafta gas and russia's gas from have been settling their disputes in a style called arbitration court and in the last few years there have been so many issues between these two but just a short while ago one stockholm tribunals decision forced the firm to pay the russians a sum of about two billion u.s. dollars that was basically a gas bill that they hadn't paid but then the latest decision was that russia's gas must pay ukraine's nafta gatt more than four point six billion u.s. dollars that was for abusing their position as a monopoly and if you do the math then moscow and kiev more than two point five billion u.s. dollars

great big standoff position and it doesn't make sense i mean you know to see it i mean germany and gazprom are cooperating quite well in energy supply to europe and i was tend to think that if you talked. people are going to get further than a few. natures or more predictably immediately said they support resume the white house what do you make of their reaction more temporary they too busy sacking people where. even before the signing of the secretary of state but he didn't do you think that in washington they realize relations with russia more important than immediate reactions. it so difficult at the moment to call russian american relations you know the state department is in chaos frankly there are a huge number of vacancies there you've had the last year with the secretary of state and the president basically each other's throats and it's difficult to see the united states is being a very credible foreign policy for the moment and there are many in the palace of westminster that we're expecting to resume to attack this station on t.v. surprised or but the fact that she didn't ban thi

in ukraine people have been urged to reduce gas usage after russia's gazprom continued to withhold supplies to ukraine schools have been shut because of the shortage the latest escalation of the long running dispute comes out of the russian gas monopoly lost an international arbitration hearing has been ordered to pay back two point five billion dollars to crane and snows of most of italy including venice making a ride in one of the city's famous gondolas less than pleasant some schools were closed and there have been disruptions to train services. and a powerful storm hammering the northeastern united states as flooded streets grounded flights and halted trains from maine to virginia the one point seven million properties are without power and at least one person has been killed kristen salumi has more. an unwelcome intrusion at the official washington residence of vice president mike pence when high winds sent a tree crashing through a perimeter fence. the federal government closed offices in the u.s. capitol as what's known as a nor'easter hit with gusts of up to nearly one hundred kilom

to be affected in a number of areas in ukraine people are being asked to cut usage after russia's gazprom unexpectedly decided not to restart supplies it's also freezing in italy where this is jim has been for widespread snow including in venice making for a less than ideal conditions for a ride in one of the city's famous gondolas but it's not all doom and gloom british champion billy logon made the most of the conditions snowboarding his way through the streets of essex and england twenty eight year old is fresh from taken bronze in the big air event the winter games in beyond chan. so as hollywood gears up for its biggest night the oscars filmmakers are drawing attention to the relative lack of jobs for women in the industry as a glimmer of hope in this year's academy award nominations though so many change is still coming too slowly as well brunell's reports. in this classroom at the art center college of design the numbers of male and female aspiring film directors are about equal and the women feel they have a fair shot at making it professionally the main thing i think as a woman s

to be affected in a number of areas in ukraine people are being asked to cut usage after russia's gazprom unexpectedly decided not to restart supplies it threatens to open up a new front in a long running route between kiev and the company a byproduct of political tensions following russia's an exit of crimea in two thousand and fourteen. this is the scene in italy where the system has brought widespread snow including in venice making for less than ideal conditions if you were up for a ride in one of the city's famous gondolas. but it hasn't all been doom and gloom british billy morgan made the most of the conditions snowboarding through the streets of essex in england twenty eight year old is fresh from taking bronze in the big air event at the winter games in yung chang. a quick look at the top stories this hour reports that as many as twenty eight people have been killed during coordinated attacks on the military headquarters and the french embassy and bikini capital what to do good dozens of others are said to have been wounded witnesses say the mosque attackers used guns and explosi

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their own tv station and media empires but mikhail lesin announced he was quitting his cushy job at gazprom media. there were reports he was going to be investigated in the united states for money laundering. reportedly fearing for his life, he contacted the fbi and the u.s. justice department and reportedly told them that he was ready to cooperate in that money laundering case if they could keep him safe. during that time his wheres about were kind of a mystery, until he turned up dead in a hotel in washington, d.c. with an appointment to go to the justice department the very next day. hold that thought. and tank. and tiny. and this is laura's mobile dog grooming palace. laura can clean up a retriever that rolled in foxtails, but she's not much on "articles of organization." articles of what? so, she turned to legalzoom. they helped me out. she means we helped with her llc, trademark, and a lot of other legal stuff that's a part of running a business. so laura can get back to the dogs. would you sit still? this is laura's mobile dog grooming palace and this is where life meets legal. as be

when we did the russia/ukraine sanctions and targeted the major banks, like gazprom bank, we did those sanctions very carefully, deliberately, so not to have any backlash on u.s. and european markets. we left room on purpose for those to be ratcheted up and i think it's time to maybe consider that move. >> we'll be hearing from theresa may. she'll be speaking in front of parliament. a little later this morning. right? a little later this morning. so we'll be waiting to hear what she has to say. so bobby, thank you. you guys are leaving us. mike is staying with us. up next, more legal troubles for president trump. yes, stormy daniels now suing michael cohen for defamation. while the president strikes out again as he tries to find an attorney to defend him in the mueller investigation. but first, reaction is still pouring in from this weekend's march for our lives. one of the most powerful moments came when martin luther king's granddaughter spoke of her dream of a gun-free world. >> it must be so stressful being a member of the king family. because you can't just have normal dreams. it'

to be affected in a number of areas in ukraine people are being asked to cut usage after russia's gazprom unexpectedly decided not to restart supplies it threatens to open up a new front in a long running route between kiev and the company a byproduct of political tensions following russia's annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen. states that will. last forever. and in. the law. business updates to you by. going places together. business updates to you by. going places together. with. marion thank you very much olympic gold medal winning gymnast alley raised is suing the u.s. olympic committee this is just six weeks after her compelling testimony against discreated former national team doctor larry nasser that saw him sentenced to more than one hundred years in prison res one filed a lawsuit on wednesday in california the twenty three year old alleges that the organization as well as usa gymnastics were negligent and should have known about nasa's sexual abuse against her and earthly pts matter was jailed for up to one hundred seventy five years in prison for decades of abuse a

ukraine schools have been closed because of the shortage of work to cut gas usage after russia's gazprom pipeline unexpectedly decided not to restart could open up a new front in the long running route between care of moscow russia's our socratic estates are disintegrating many were nationalized during soviet times the distance state hands and the high costs and bureaucracy that comes with the restoration as private investors reluctant to step him or challenge reports on whether anything could be done to save the historic building. silence and snowflakes inhabit a grave and over now but before its current desolation this grand estates thirty kilometers northeast of moscow was home to royalty and rich merchants tuberculosis patients and finally soviet science students such a history should make this place special but across russia eight to ten thousand estates a quietly crumbling to dust says this conservationist. most of the states are in the horrible condition where someone could put money in for many years with an unclear idea how they take it back and you'd have to work hard on it and

ukraine schools are being hosed because of the shortage of people to reduce gas usage after russia's gazprom cut supplies to the country and the latest escalation of an. snow has covered most of italy including venice making a ride in one of the city's famous gondolas less than pleasant some schools were closed and they're being disruptions to train. still ahead on al-jazeera and neither of us can have exactly what we want. but i am confident that we can reach agreement. from as a tourism a sets out how breck's it vision the big divisions remain with the e.u. over the u.k.'s departure plus. a lot of people say you know when you really don't notice the costumes in the film the costume designer has done their job and often forgotten can't agree with the costume designs that are nominated at this sunday's are skits. underscored by martin del potro extends his perfect record against dominic team to banks in mexico. from brisk. to the. use of southeast. how the temperature in shanghai is again about to be wrong by quite a few degrees it's a southerly breeze blowing up through china in our hong ko

affected in a number of areas in ukraine people there are being asked to cut usage after russia's gazprom unexpectedly decided not to restart supplies. to open up a new front in a long running route between kiev and the company a byproduct of political tensions following russia's amec saying of crimea in two thousand and fourteen. and is making the most of conditions he is snowboarding through the streets of essex and england a twenty eight year old taking bronze in the big event in the winter games and chat . on the. russian estates that were once home to royalty could soon be lost forever. and in sport a doping scandal is just one problem affecting the start of a famous dog sled race. back to back sport now with peter. thank you very much and the limbic gold medal winning gymnast allie raise money is suing the u.s. olympic committee this is just six weeks after her compelling testimony against disgraced former national team doctor larry nasser that saw him same turns to more than one hundred years in prison raised and filed the lawsuit on wednesday in california the twenty three year ol

>> they are quite clever of giving away 4 billion bonds before the election just before gazprom managedal as well. this is a genius piece of politics from the british government which is the first time you can say that under a very long while. that is helping sterling. there are some referred things. russia -- the bond yield should be lower. the bond markets have trade nicely. russia managed to cut rates recently again on a slow but continuing trend. the stock market is very cheap but it totally held back markets -- that is holding it back. when it lifts i think we'll see a strong case for russia. something has to be done on a more serious point. they have been looking for something to pin on russia. they found it. russia's excuses have been nonexistent. we have to be aware of that. tom: we have to leave it there. thank you so much. we greatly appreciate christopher joining us from t.s. lombard this morning. right now we need to continue a briefing. here is taylor riggs. >> north korea's leader kim jong un has made a surprise visit to china in his first trip outside his country since co

of the north stream to the russian energy giant gazprom this pipeline through the middle of the baltic directly to germany from. this bilateral undertaking has met with a lot of opposition a book politics with pipelines in europe and natural gas. fifteen minutes on d w. yes the end of gridlock of the geminis new government mendel's of germany says in the tottenham budget they stopped a deal to really answer a common issue with the knuckles conservatives. happy ending luckily nine to see what would change. the grand coalition with final move today on d w news. copy bristol in good shape return intending snooze and you can win this amazing think nice backpack if you want to know what's inside each visit on when. you have to turn into a most favorite bands and to like some golfing or maybe you know a bit that you have to do so cool to look. good look. good move on to move food food food food food food food. this is news live from berlin and months of political deadlock are over and germany the social democrats vote to join a coalition government led by chancellor angela merkel over five m