Russian companies are among the potential candidates to replace ExxonMobil as the U.S. energy giant prepares to cease its operations in Equatorial Guinea, the country's minister of mines and hydrocarbons Gabriel Obiang Lima has said, according to TASS.
According to the state-run news agency, a company's spokesman said that ExxonMobil is...
The stock markets of developing countries in 2019 attracted $310 billion of portfolio investments of non-residents - against $194 billion a year earlier and $375 billion in 2017, experts at the Washington Institute of International Finance (IIF) calculated.
Separately, in December, the inflow amounted to $30.7 billion compared to November...
The Nord Stream2 gas pipeline will be completed by Russia on its own, as there are no technological obstacles to overcome which would require outside assistance.
This was announced by the head of Gazprom Alexey Miller in the program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on the TV channel Russia-1.
The head of Gazprom...
Russia has expressed readiness for fresh partnership with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the development of Nigeria’s multi-billion-dollar upstream, gas and power sectors, a high-ranking executive at NNPC has said, according to The Guardian Nigeria.
A statement by the corporation’s Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr....
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...
A new report by data and analysis provider TokenInsight published Friday says the future of cloud-based bitcoin mining is in Russia, not China, according to AMB Crypto.
The news outlet writes that this overturns the common conception that China’s the only dominant player in the bitcoin mining industry.
With cloud-based bitcoin mining, users...
Regular freight rail services via the 19-km-long Crimea Bridge, which connects the peninsula with mainland Russia, will kick off on July 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, according to Interfax.
“The opening of regular rail services should have a positive effect on supplies to the Crimean market, its...
The Russian capital, which last year was the top-hashtagged city on Instagram, has been named the world’s fifth-best metropolis in a ranking of 100 major cities by Resonance Consultancy, RIA Novosti reports.
“Intriguing and increasingly hungry for global attention, Russia’s beguiling capital is a cultural gold mine spanning the ages,”...
Foreign delegations that will attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in 2020 will have an opportunity to be provided with electronic entry visas to Russia, the forum’s organizer, the Roscongress Foundation, said on Thursday, according to TASS.
"Foreign visitors and participants in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum...
