Saturday, June 10, 2023
New York-based diamond wholesaler Larry J. West has purchased a 6.21-carat intense pink diamond unearthed and polished by Russian mining giant Alrosa, the company said in a statement. The unique stone originates from Yakutia, Russia's largest region and home to the world's pole of cold. Larry J. West, a three generation...
Russia's 'Go Green' ambitions are about to get a significant boost from the VEB.RF corporation, with the focus being on attracting private investments for pursuing national environmental goals, Environmental Finance reported. VEB.RF is working on the first-ever national standard of green finance to help achieve this goal, in sync with...
The cost of building four Rosatom hazardous waste processing plants has more than tripled, reaching 48 billion rubles. The reasons, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Rosatom, include a decrease in the percentage of waste incineration and an increase in processing volumes, an increase in environmental requirements,...
Russian corporations VEB.RF, Rostec, and Rosatom have partnered to construct at least 25 waste-to-energy plants that will process sorted municipal solid waste to power some of Russia’s largest communities. The parties plan to build the plants in Russia’s largest tourist centers, as well as in cities with populations of at...
The presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, held a telephone conversation, during which the latter offered help in fighting forest fires in Siberia, the Kremlin said in a press release, CNBC reported. Putin sincerely thanked Trump for "such attentive attitude and offer of help...
Carbon tetrachloride, a lethal chemical meant to be tightly controlled by an international agreement, is what caused a massive oil contamination scandal in Russia’s Druzhba pipeline this year, Reuters reported citing the results of three separate, undisclosed tests. A summary of the results of a test carried out for Russia’s...
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 is discussing the transition to green technologies at different international forums, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said on Friday in an online interview with TASS First Deputy Director-General Mikhail Gusman. "Activities we are currently implementing in terms of emissions are a pressing topic," Vershinin said. "You can figure out...
According to early data, the cause of the helicopter accident in Kamchatka was crew mistake, a law enforcement source said TASS on Thursday. "The pilot mistake version is currently in the spotlight. When the helicopter was descending in heavy fog, the crew couldn't see where it was going and landed...
A massive diesel spill into a Siberian river caused at least 6 billion rubles (more than $76 million) in damages to waterways above the Arctic Circle, Greenpeace Russia said Wednesday, The Moscow Times reported. President Vladimir Putin ordered a state of emergency Wednesday five days after more than 20,000 metric tons of...