Day: July 25, 2019
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Fake Bomb Planted Near Putin’s Motorcade, 2 Suspects Detained
Two people have been detained for allegedly placing a fake bomb in front of President Vladimir Putin’s motorcade in central Russia, the Znak.com news website reported. The device made to resemble an explosive was reportedly found lying on a road 15 minutes before Putin’s motorcade was scheduled to pass in the city of Yekaterinburg earlier…
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Turkey’s First S-400 Shipment Arrives as a Second Is Planned for Ankara
Russia has completed delivery of the first shipment of its S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to Turkey and a second shipment is now being planned, Turkish military officials said Thursday. Turkey began taking delivery of the advanced Russian air defence system earlier this month, prompting the United States to remove NATO ally Turkey from the F-35…
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Russian Soldier Denies ‘Willingness to Shoot Protesters’ Poll After Pressure
A former Russian serviceman who had claimed that his unit expressed a willingness to shoot protesters was forced to retract his explosive allegations by a senior officer, the Znak.com news website has reported. Unit members in Siberia allegedly gave affirmative answers when asked by superiors whether they would be willing to fire at demonstrators if…
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Ukraine Seizes Russian Tanker Over Kerch Incident, Frees Crew After Moscow Pressure
Ukraine has seized a Russian oil tanker in the Ukrainian port of Izmail over a November 2018 incident between the two countries in a strategic strait near Crimea. The Ukrainian security services (SBU) said that the tanker had been involved in the Kerch Strait incident in which Russia captured a Ukrainian ship and detained 24…
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Ukraine Seizes Russian Tanker Over Kerch Incident, Frees Crew
Ukraine has seized a Russian oil tanker in the Ukrainian port of Izmail over a November 2018 incident between the two countries in a strategic strait near Crimea. The Ukrainian security services (SBU) said that the tanker had been involved in the Kerch Strait incident in which Russia captured a Ukrainian ship and detained 24…
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Russian Opposition Vows to Hold Moscow Protest Despite Crackdown
Russian opposition activists said Thursday they planned to press ahead with an unauthorized rally in Moscow this weekend despite overnight police searches and a raft of detentions, including the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Navalny, a prominent opposition figure, was jailed Wednesday for 30 days for calling on people to protest in Moscow this…
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TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom supplied equipment for VVER fuel fabrication at Yibin plant in China
TVEL JSC has supplied to China a batch of Russian-made equipment for VVER fuel fabrication at Yibin plant (Sichuan province), an enterprise of China National Nuclear Corporation’s nuclear fuel division. The consignment includes three installations for production of fuel rods, in particular, a welding complex, a rod geometry control system and VVER fuel rod lacquering…
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Completio of Mii-Mill Balakovo Sale
July 25, 2019 PAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, announces that it has completed the sale transaction of Mini-Mill Balakovo to Abinsk Electric Steel Works LTD. The consideration of the transaction is $215 million. The sale of Mini-Mill Balakovo will enable Severstal to focus fully on steel production at…
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Russian Journalist Found Guilty Over ‘Mind-Controlling’ Orwell Reference
A journalist in Siberia has been found guilty over a reference he made to George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” marking a milestone in Russia’s legal system. Mikhail Romanov was detained earlier this month over an article on the alleged torture of an academic that contained a reference to the famous phrase “Big Brother is watching.” A…
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Abandoned Siberian Factory Could Cause Chernobyl-Style Disaster, Official Warns
A Russian state official warned on Wednesday that an abandoned chemicals factory in Siberia could cause an environmental disaster akin to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident unless urgent action is taken to tackle it. The Usolyekhimprom plant, which produced chlorine and other chemicals in the Irkutsk region, was abandoned due to bankruptcy in 2017, according…
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Russia Says World Should Foster Venezuela Talks, Not Impose Agenda
The international community should continue fostering dialogue between the government in Venezuela and the opposition, but not in order to impose its own agenda, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters during a visit to Havana. In the joint news conference with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez, Lavrov said Havana and Moscow agree that Venezuela’s…
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Verkhnechonskneftegaz Produces 70-Millionth Tonne of Oil at Verkhnechonskoye Field
Verkhnechonskneftegaz JSC, a subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company, has extracted the 70-millionth tonne of oil at the Verkhnechonskoye oil and gas field. Its 400 wells ensure the daily output of approximately 21,500 tonnes of oil. The pilot operation at the field started in 2005, and since 2008 the Verkhnechonsk oil has been delivered through the…
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Russian Women Post Bruised Selfies to Push for Domestic Violence Law
Thousands of Russian women are posting selfies on social media with their faces covered in fake blood and bruises in an effort to push the government to pass a domestic violence law. A series of recent abuse cases have jolted Russia and prompted fierce discussions about attitudes towards domestic violence in the country. About one…
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Russia Moves to Legalize Bowhunting
Russian lawmakers have passed legislation to allow bow-and-arrow hunting. Possession of bows for purposes other than sport and research is currently prohibited in Russia. Around 1 million unlicensed bows, crossbows and similar ranged weapons are owned by “hundreds of thousands” of Russians, lawmakers cite official data as saying. A newly passed bill distinguishes throwing weapons…
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Putin Loyalists Clash in Public Oil Feud
The blame game over a contamination scandal in Russia’s oil industry has breached President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. Igor Sechin, head of Rosneft, the world’s biggest publicly-traded oil company, and Nikolai Tokarev, the boss of Transneft, the world’s largest pipeline network, are embroiled in an unusually public and rancorous dispute over their companies’ responses to…
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Moscow Police Raid, Interrogate Opposition Politicians Ahead of Election rally
In the early hours of Thursday, police raided four of the Moscow City Duma opposition candidates’ homes and summoned several others to appear for questioning. Lyubov Sobol, one of the candidates who was barred from the ballot, said she refused to appear for questioning after receiving a call on Wednesday night from investigators. Anti-corruption activist…
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Kremlin Critic Navalny Jailed for 30 Days Before Opposition Protest
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was jailed for 30 days on Wednesday, his spokeswoman said, ahead of a march he planned to lead in Moscow in protest at the exclusion of several opposition-minded candidates from a local election in September. Police detained Navalny as he left his home earlier on Wednesday, accusing him of calling for…