Day: May 13, 2019
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Trump Announces Plans to Meet Russia’s Putin at G20
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 gathering in Japan next month. Trump said his meeting with Xi could be fruitful as their trade dispute escalated after failing to reach agreement during high-level talks last week.
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FC Zenit St. Petersburg Crowned Russian Champions, in Pictures
Already secure at the top of the Russian Premier League table, FC Zenit St. Petersburg were officially crowned 2018-2019 champions on Sunday night after a convincing 3-1 home win against PFC CSKA Moscow at the packed Gazrom Arena. Zenit’s win was met with wild celebrations within the stadium and beyond after a 4-year title draught.…
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Russia Loses $30Bln a Year in Post-Crimea Investment Climate – Economist
Russia is losing at least $30 billion every year due to the investment climate that has followed its annexation of Crimea, economist Sergei Guriev said in an interview published Monday. Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine has weakened Russia’s relations with the West, launching multiple rounds of sanctions from the U.S.…
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List of Persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses Doubles in Russia, Rights Group Says
The number of Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted in Russia has almost doubled after 75 more members of the religious group were added this year, the Memorial human rights group said. Russia labeled the Jehovah’s Witnesses an “extremist” group in 2017, exposing Russia’s estimated 175,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses to mass raids and forcing at least 5,000 to flee…
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‘Putin Lied to Me’: Russian Officer Detained for Protesting Presidential Administration
A disgruntled former officer seeking to restore his retirement benefits has been detained for at least the seventh time outside President Vladimir Putin’s administration in Moscow on Sunday. Vladimir Skubak, a retired missile forces major, has staged one-person pickets for nearly a month on claims that he had been denied retirement allowances in 2015. He…
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Russia’s Aeroflot Cancels Dozens of Flights Following Tragic Plane Crash
Russia’s national flag carrier Aeroflot has canceled at least 50 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) flights since a crash landing of the Russian-made aircraft killed 41 people last week. The deadly SSJ landing in Moscow on May 5 ended in the plane’s tail section catching fire on the runway and raised questions about the jet’s…
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The consortium of ROSATOM enterprises won a tender to extract nuclear fuel at Fukushima NPP (Japan)
In April 2019, TENEX together with JSC “SSC RIAR” and FSUE “PA “Mayak” won the tender for the “Development of Technologies for Retrieving Fuel Debris and Internal Structures (Development for Dust Collection System of Fuel Debris)” project which consists of research works on development of a system to collect the dust generated during the processing…
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TENEX – Winner of Mitsubishi Research Institute Tender
In April 2019, TENEX together with JSC “SSC RIAR” and FSUE “PA “Mayak” won the tender for the “Development of Technologies for Retrieving Fuel Debris and Internal Structures (Development for Dust Collection System of Fuel Debris)” project which consists of research works on development of a system to collect the dust generated during the processing…
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Moscow Metro Riders Sit Atop Game of Thrones’ Iron Throne
The Moscow metro staged a photo op with an Iron Throne inspired by HBO’s hit series “Game of Thrones” over the weekend. The one-day event at Delovoy Tsentr station featured three Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister and Jon Snow lookalikes on Saturday. A cello duet accompaniment made the experience even more immersive as commuters took turns…