KYIV: Ukraine will receive gas imports from Greece to help cover its winter needs, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, pledging to secure nearly 2 billion euros to offset Russian attacks on domestic output.
“Today, we have already prepared an agreement with Greece on gas for Ukraine, which will be another gas supply route to secure imports for the winter as much as possible,” he said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.
“We already have agreements in place for financing gas imports – and we will cover nearly 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) needed for gas imports to compensate for the losses in Ukrainian production caused by Russian strikes.”
Zelensky’s statement came ahead of his expected visit to Greece on Sunday, from where he is to travel to France and Spain.
Russia has stepped up strikes on power generation, electricity transmission systems and gas production facilities in the fourth year of its war on Ukraine.
Zelensky said Kyiv had allocated funds for gas imports from European partners and banks under European Commission guarantees, as well as from Ukrainian banks, while also working with US partners to ensure full financing.
Ukraine is broadening its winter supply options through Polish partners, where it is cooperating with Azerbaijan and hopes to secure long-term contracts, he added. ($1 = 0.8606 euros)
Ukraine agrees on gas imports from Greece, Zelensky says
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Ukraine agrees on gas imports from Greece, Zelensky says
- Zelensky’s statement came ahead of his expected visit to Greece on Sunday, from where he is to travel to France and Spain
Sweden wants to strip organized crime leaders of citizenship
- A bill submitted to parliament on Friday includes a proposal that would allow revoking passports of double citizenship holders convicted of “crimes”
STOCKHOLM: The Swedish government on Friday proposed changes to the constitution that would allow revoking the citizenship of some criminal gang leaders, as part of its work to combat widespread organized crime.
In January, a cross-party parliamentary committee proposed constitutional changes to allow stripping the passports of people with dual nationality convicted of espionage or treason, but stopped short of suggestions targeting organized crime.
“The government has chosen to go further than the committee’s proposal precisely to make it possible to also revoke citizenship from, for example, gang leaders who are guilty of very, very serious harm to society,” Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer told a press conference.
He said a bill submitted to parliament on Friday includes a proposal that would allow revoking passports of double citizenship holders convicted of “crimes that gravely affect vital national interests” such as serious gang crime.
Sweden has been plagued by organized crime-related violence for well over a decade.
The government and its backers, the far-right and anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, won the 2022 election on a promise to reduce immigration and gang crime, which they say are linked. New general elections are due in 2026.
To change the Swedish constitution, the proposals need to pass a vote in parliament with a simple majority, followed by a general election and then a second Riksdag vote.
Strommer said he aims for the proposed changes to the constitution to enter into force at the start of 2027.
