Donald Trump seeks control of Ukraine’s key natural gas pipeline amid minerals-for-weapons dispute: Report

Ultranationalist Alexander Dugin benefits from the radicalization of Russian politics in times of war and the election of Donald Trump. But some anti-Western Russian thinkers also consider him dangerous.

During the weekend negotiations between the US and Ukraine on a raw material agreement took place in Washington. The US side also called for control over a central Ukrainian gas pipeline.

U.S. Demands Control Over Ukrainian Gas Pipeline as Part of Arms-for-Minerals Deal

On Friday, U.S. and Ukrainian officials met to discuss President Trump’s proposal to secure mineral rights worth hundreds of billions of dollars in exchange for U.S. military aid. Reuters reports the latest draft includes a demand that the U.S. government’s International Development Finance Corporation take control of a major pipeline used to send Russian natural gas to Europe.

The U.S. and Ukraine continue to negotiate a commodity agreement - and new demands from Washington concern Ukrainian MPs. They report on designs that would give the U.S. access to all commodities. By F. Kellermann.

Ukraine submits proposals to US on minerals agreement, Deputy PM says

Ukraine submitted a set of proposals to the U.S. during technical consultations on a key minerals agreement held in Washington on April 11, Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna confirmed on April 14."This is a positive sign in itself that consultations are taking place," she said on air on national television, emphasizing that the Kyiv-prepared proposals had been coordinated across Ukrainian ministries. Stefanishyna declined to disclose speci…

American LNG and Trump rolled into Europe: The EU started talking about Russian gas: EADaily

EADaily, April 14th, 2025. Due to the shutdown of Ukrainian transit and a colder winter, Europe increased LNG imports and American supplies exceeded Russian for the first time. At the same time, the heads of European companies started talking about the need to return part of Gazprom's large-scale exports to Europe due to Donald Trump's prices and trade wars.