Day: November 24, 2020
-
Severstal supplies high-stregth grades of skelp steel to Alfapipe
November 25, 2020 PAO Severstal, one of the world’s largest vertically integrated steel and mining companies, has resumed deliveries to Alfapipe, a spiral welded steel pipe manufacturer based in Algeria. Severstal produced 26 thousand tons of X70 grade skelp steel coils to supply to Alfapipe. X70 Grade Steel is one of the highest-strength steel grades,…
-
Key Belarus Opposition Figure Charged With Graft and Fraud
Belarus authorities said Tuesday that opposition politician Viktor Babaryko — who until his arrest had intended to run against President Alexander Lukashenko in the August election — was charged with corruption and money laundering. For over three months Belarus has been gripped by historic protests against the re-election of strongman leader Lukashenko, 66, who secured a sixth term…
-
Ozon Shares Jump 40% on U.S. IPO
Shares in Russian online retail giant Ozon surged by more than 40% in the first minutes of trading after the most eagerly anticipated Russian initial public offering (IPO) in years. Ozon is the country’s second-largest e-commerce player and is placing itself to become Russia’s answer to Amazon with a plan to consolidate and dominate the…
-
Moscow Welcomes Winter’s First Snowfall
Cyclone Sara arrived in Russia from northern Europe late on Sunday, bringing the much-awaited first substantive snows of the season to Moscow. Muscovites streamed outside to enjoy the winter wonderland while they still can — because it’s already expected to disappear when warmer weather arrives later this week. Here’s a closer look at the magic…
-
St. Petersburg Dad Takes 6 Children Hostage – Reports
A drunk father took six children hostage in his St. Petersburg apartment during a suspected dispute with his wife, Russian news outlets reported Tuesday. According to Interfax, police responded to a call by the hostage-taker’s wife, who said she was unable to get inside the apartment where she heard the children crying. Special forces ended…
-
Russia To Vaccinate Mink Against Coronavirus Amid Mutation Fears
Russia plans to vaccinate its minks against the coronavirus after a mutated form of the virus found on mink farms prompted mass culls in Europe, the Defense Ministry’s Zvezda news channel reported Monday. Earlier this month, Denmark said it will cull its entire population of about 17 million mink after discovering a mutated Covid-19 strain…
-
Is the WHO Too Soft on Russia?
In May, as Russia was tentatively emerging from a nationwide lockdown and clocking up near-record numbers of new infections, Russian officials began mounting an aggressive public campaign to present Moscow’s handling of the coronavirus as faultless. Central to that was boasting about the country’s low number of fatalities compared with Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere. …
-
Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | Nov. 24
Russia has confirmed 2,138,828 of coronavirus and 37,031 deaths. Nov. 24: What you need to know today Russia confirmed 24,326 coronavirus cases and a new record of 491 deaths. A contact tracing smartphone app developed by the Ministry of Digital Development is now available on App Store and Google Play. The app, called Gosuslugi.COVID Treker, alerts users of…
-
Russia Says Its Sputnik V Coronavirus Vaccine 95% Effective
Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective, its developers said Tuesday as Russia seeks a leading role in the high-stakes global race for a safe, effective vaccine that can end to the deadly pandemic. The calculations were based on preliminary data obtained 42 days after volunteers received the first dose, the Health Ministry, the…
-
Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses Targeted in Fresh Raids
Russian authorities have arrested Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow and across 20 other regions as part of their latest investigation into the religious group that is officially banned as “extremist,” investigators said Tuesday. Video released by the Moscow branch of the federal Investigative Committee, which investigates major crimes, showed masked men prying open an apartment door…
-
Russia Says Chased off U.S. Warship in Its Pacific Waters
A Russian warship caught a U.S. Navy destroyer operating in Russia’s Pacific waters on Tuesday and chased it off, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said. The USS John S. McCain, a guided-missile destroyer, violated Russia’s territorial waters by moving two kilometers beyond the maritime border at 03:17 GMT into Peter the Great Gulf, the ministry said in…
-
Putin Still Won’t Congratulate Biden Despite Start of Formal Transition
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden despite news that the Trump administration has approved the formal presidential transition process, the Kremlin said Tuesday. Trump eased some lingering post-election uncertainty by tweeting late Monday that the agency that works with incoming administrations would begin work to assist Biden’s team. While the…
-
Yevgeny Lebedev Named ‘Baron of Hampton and Siberia’ in Britain
Queen Elizabeth II has granted Russian-British media mogul Yevgeny Lebedev the title of “Baron of Hampton and Siberia,” according to the British government’s official journal of record The Gazette. The British monarch conferred a lifetime peerage to Lebedev, 40, after his longtime friend Prime Minister Boris Johnson nominated him in July. Reports suggested that Lebedev’s…
-
Russian WWII Vet Given Presidential Medal for Raising Coronavirus Funds
President Vladimir Putin has awarded a Russian World War II veteran for raising funds to support the families of doctors who died from coronavirus, according to a government decree published Monday. Zinaida Korneva, 98, received the Decoration “For Beneficence” for her “great contribution to charitable and public activities,” the decree said. The medal recognizes charity…
-
Russian Peacekeeper Wounded in Deadly Nagorno-Karabakh Mine Blast
A Russian peacekeeper has been wounded and an Azerbaijani soldier killed in a mine explosion in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday. Four emergency workers from the unrecognized ethnic Armenian republic of Nagorno-Karabakh were also wounded in the region’s Tartar district, the Defense Ministry was cited as saying by Interfax.…