Friday, August 14, 2026
Russia’s Transneft has started oil supplies to Belarusian refineries as directed by routing instructions, the spokesman of the Russian pipeline operator Igor Demin told reporters on Monday, according to Interfax. "Supplies to Belarusian refineries are underway as directed by endorsed routing instructions," he said. Transneft’s representative said last week that four...
Gazprom Neft-Lubricants, a subsidiary of the Russian oil giant, increased its sales of premium lubricants in international markets to 106.000 tons in 2019, a 6.2% jump year-on-year, TASS reported citing company data. Deliveries of small-packaged G-Energy and Gazprom Neft branded premium products increased by 10,5% to 95.000 tons. The company’s geographic...
The number of people infected with a new coronavirus infection in Russia has grown by 658 over the past 24 hours and now stands at 5,389 in 79 regions of the country. At present, 355 people have recovered, 45 people have died, said reporters on Sunday at the operations...
Rossiya Airlines transferred flights in partnership with tour operator Biblio-Globus, the Sheremetyevo airport, ilawjournals.com reported citing the press service of the carrier. Thus, the airline has completed the process of rebasing the fleet from Vnukovo Airport to Sheremetyevo Airport. The first step in this process was the transfer in 2018...
Sheremetyevo International Airport has taken additional measures to protect passengers and prevent the importation and spread of the COVID-19 virus in Russia, PRNewswire reported. These measures will implement the directives of the Operational Headquarters of the Government of the Russian Federation on the prevention of the importation and spread of new coronavirus infection,...
The governor of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, said on Friday the regulator could cut interest rates in a bid to soften the economic damage of the coronavirus, Reuters reported. According to Nabiulina, there had been a “sharp deterioration in the situation in the global economy” in recent weeks,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday his country was ready for deep oil production cuts with the United States and OPEC, but firmly put the blame for the collapse in oil prices on OPEC’s de facto leader Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported.  Speaking in a televised video conference with Russian...
Russian carmakers are worried that prolonged suspension of production amid a mandatory shutdown until the end of April would increase their problems, TASS reports.  Kaliningrad-based Avtotor said it will extend the production break according to the government’s efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus.  "The non-working period at Avtotor enterprises...
Russia’s Finance Ministry expects the federal budget’s shortfall in oil and gas to amount to 55.8 billion rubles ($726 million) due to the drop in oil prices, a statement on the ministry’s website said, according to Gazeta.ru. According to the ministry, in March the gap between the actually received oil...
A coronavirus-shaped pendant was launched this week by a small Russian company specializing in science and medicine-themed ornaments, in a move that has drawn accusations of insensitivity by some, The Moscow Times reports. When the first microscopic images of the coronavirus emerged a few months ago, Dr Vorobev, a jewelry...