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Belneftekhim, the state-run oil company of Belarus, said on Saturday that the country and Russia were ready to sign a deal on the first delivery of oil since Russian supplies were halted on Jan. 1 amid a dispute over contract terms, Reuters reported. “Today, documents are being drawn up together...
Weeks after leaving Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project in fear of facing possible U.S. sanctions, Swiss-Dutch maritime construction firm Allseas has said it has no plans to resume work on the gas pipeline, Reuters reported on Monday. The company suspended work on the underwater pipeline on December 21, shortly after U.S. President Donald...
Russia’s Roscosmos has announced plans to support long-term lunar missions by 3D printing structures made from on-site material, Newsweek writes. The space corporation’s declaration adds to plans made by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) that also intend to use Lunar or Martian regolith, which is the dusty layer...
U.S.-sanctioned Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska will participate in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as the chairman of the Volnoye Delo foundation, the forum’s official program published on Tuesday reveals, according to Regnum.ru. However, Deripaska’s participation in panel discussions and sessions has not yet been announced, the news outlet...
Work resumed Tuesday to lay the second string of the TurkStream gas pipeline in the Black Sea, with a total of 706 km remaining to lay, the Gazprom-owned operating company said, according to Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The first string -- which will transport Russian gas to the Turkish market from the...
Ukraine’s national gas company Naftogaz said on Wednesday it had initiated the enforcement of a $2.6 billion damages claim awarded by the Stockholm arbitration court in a long-standing case against Russia’s gas giant Gazprom. According to the Financial Times, the Ukrainian company announced that the process of enforcing the damages...
On June 1, Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, launched regular flights from Sheremetyevo to Marseille. The next day, on June 2, Brussels Airlines launched its first direct flight from Brussels to Moscow. With the latest additions, Sheremetyevo’s route network now includes over 220 destinations. The Moscow - Marseille route will be...
Danish banking giant Danske has announced its plans to quit Russia by January next year after the lender was rocked by allegations its Estonian branch was involved in a mind-boggling $230 billion money laundering scandal, bneIntelliNews reported. Danske’s Country Manager for Russia EdvinKornelius said in a memo to his contacts...