Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree introducing an environmental tax on the transit of oil and oil products through the country, the presidential press service said on Friday, according to Gazeta.ru.
"For the purpose of forming a source of funds for response to potential environmental after-effects in case...
Supplies of own oil from Belarus’ state oil company Belorusneft to Germany were suspended this month as Minsk needs to compensate for shortages of Russia-sourced oil amid a contract dispute with Moscow, four industry sources told Reuters on Friday.
Russia suspended oil supplies to Belarus on Jan. 1 in relation...
Two Russian oil companies controlled by the family of billionaire Mikhail Gutseriyev plan to increase oil supplies to Belarus this month, amid a wider energy spat between Moscow and Minsk, Vedomosti reported citing sources.
The supply of oil from Russia to Belarus was abruptly halted on Jan. 1 with companies including Rosneft, Gazprom Neft,...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to travel to Moscow Saturday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, to discuss the Iran crisis, with both Germany and Russia calling for de-escalation following the U.S. targeted killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and the retaliatory airstrikes by Tehran on Western...
The oil crisis which erupted on January 1 when Russia halted oil supplies to Belarus is still not over, as oil companies from the two countries are yet to reach a deal on the price of raw materials, Vedomosti writes.
Over the past few years, Belarusian refineries have been buying...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has lauded the high standards and ecological sustainability of the TurkStream gas pipeline, which he launched on Wednesday together with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Energyland.info reports.
"The construction of TurkStream used cutting-edge innovative technologies which allowed us to ensure maximum economic efficiency of gas transmission, guarantee safety...
A state-owned nuclear power plant in Russia may soon fuel a bitcoin mining hub, Cointelegraph reports.
Last year, the country’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom opened a mining farm near the Kalinin nuclear plant in Udomlya, 200 miles northwest of Moscow. The company spent more than $4.8 million building the 30-megawatt facility,...
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said it was difficult to predict future fluctuations in the global oil market amid the escalation of tensions in the Middle East, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday.
The minister, visiting Istanbul, said the OPEC+ group of oil producers always has an ability to meet, when asked...
The long-anticipated TurkStream offshore pipeline, that will deliver Russian gas to Turkey and further to southern European states, was launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a ceremony Wednesday, Izvestia reported.
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissovalso participated in...
When Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Istanbul on Wednesday, he will be doing more than officially opening a new export pipeline -- he will be getting some more closure on his longstanding dream to end Moscow's dependence on Ukraine in getting natural gas to Europe, RFE/RL writes in an analysis...
