Ukraine is taking back into state hands a pipeline pumping oil products from Russia to Europe, it said on Feb. 19, as it imposed sanctions on Viktor Medvedchuk, a prominent opposition party leader with ties to the Kremlin.
Reuters: Ukraine says taking oil product pipeline from Russia back into state hands
Picture taken on Feb. 18, 2015 shows facilities of Novoprtovskoye oil and gas condensates oilfield of Russian gas and oil giant Gazprom at Cape Kamenny in the Gulf of Ob shore line in the south-east of a peninsular in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.