U.S. fast-food giant McDonald’s said on Thursday it had canceled a celebration of a 30-year milestone at its first restaurant in Moscow due to fear of the spread of the coronavirus, Reuters reported.
The fast-food chain planned to celebrate the arrival of the Big Mac in Russia 30 years ago...
The 50th-anniversary edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos has concluded, with discussions about environmental degradation and climate change in the focus of the annual gathering of the world’s business elite, Izvestia writes.
Prior to and during the forum, held under the theme "Stakeholders for a Cohesive and...
Russian state oil company Rosneft and the country’s Natural Resources and Environment Ministry last week signed a cooperation agreement as part of the national Environment project activities that strive to protect biodiversity and the sustainability of the Arctic ecosystems, Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported.
The oil giant’s CEO Igor Sechin and Russia’s...
Russian company Teksnabexport (Tenex), a trading arm of state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom, has won a tender staged by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP) on a new uranium enrichment contract, the Russian company said in a statement.
The company supplies nuclear fuel cycle products developed by the organizations...
As governments across the world are urged to address the growing danger of global warming, the Russian leadership has come out with a "national adaptation plan" that puts a positive spin on climate change, CBS News writes.
In the document published on a government website last weekend, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev...
Danish wind turbines producer Vestas has secured an order totaling 252MW for three wind farms in Russia from Finland’s Fortum and local state-run company Rusnano's Wind Energy Development Fund, Evwind reports.
The projects will be located in the Kalmykiya and Rostov regions and will comprise 60 V126-4.2MW machines.
Delivery is scheduled...
Russian mining companies are doing a better job at reporting their efforts to mitigate environmental impacts and protect their natural surroundings, says the 2019 Environmental Transparency Rating of Mining and Metals Companies Operating in Russia, published by the local chapter of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
According to WWF, this...
Russia’s floating nuclear power plant, a first of its kind project widely criticized by environmentalists, started sending electricity on Thursday to a region in Russia's Arctic, RIA Novosti reported.
The floating plant, named the Akademik Lomonosov, was sent in August to the Chukotka Peninsula, an area 5,500 kilometers (3,400 miles)...
Russia’s Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic expects around 15 trillion rubles ($235 billion) to be invested in the Arctic within the next 15 years due to subsidies envisioned by the development strategy for Russia’s Arctic zone through 2035, Deputy Minister Alexander Krutikov...
In a new report on the Russian economy, the World Bank recommended on Wednesday that the country considers introducing "carbon taxes" or other carbon charging mechanisms, RIA Novosti reports.
"In the medium-to-long-term, and with the necessary political backing, it would be important to increase fuel excise taxes and differentiate tax...
