Day: November 6, 2019
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Severstal to preset progress agaist its updated strategy at its 2019 Capital Markets Day
November 7, 2019 PAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading vertically-integrated steel and mining companies, is hosting its annual Capital Markets Day in London today. Sakari Tamminen (Senior Independent Director), Alexander Shevelev (Chief Executive Officer), Alexey Kulichenko (Chief Financial Officer), Maria Shalina (Marketing Director), Evgeny Chernyakov (Sales and Business Development Director), and Maxim Semenovykh (Head…
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Putin’s Ex-Wife Co-Owns Top Russian Microlender – Sobesednik
President Vladimir Putin’s former wife owns shares in one of Russia’s top 10 microfinance providers, according to an investigation published by the Sobesednik news website Wednesday. Lyudmila Putina was said to have changed her name twice since divorcing Putin in 2014. A woman named Lyudmila Shkrebneva (Putina’s maiden name) allegedly bought a 7% stake in…
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‘They Warned They’ll Rape Me’: Russian Soldier Stands by Mass Shooting
A Russian conscript who gunned down eight fellow soldiers in the country’s Far East last month acted in retaliation to hazing and a rape threat, according to his reported testimony and his father’s remarks published Wednesday. Private Ramil Shamsutdinov, 20, was detained Oct. 25 at the military base where he served and charged with murder.…
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ROSATOM’s team became the leader of WorldSkills Hi-Tech 2019
The ROSATOM’s combined team became the leader in the number of awards at the 4th National Championship of Cross-Industry Trade Jobs in High-Technology Industries to the WorldSkills methodology (WorldSkills Hi-Tech 2019) which was held from October 28 till November 1 in Yekaterinburg. This year, specialists of 16 to 49 years old could take part in…
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Russia Obtains Israel’s New Interceptor Missile in Syria, Reports Say
The Russian military has allegedly obtained Israel’s new interceptor missile that Syria captured on its soil last year, Israeli news outlets reported Wednesday. Israel launched two of its intermediate ballistic missile interceptors called David’s Sling into Syria on July 23, 2018, one of which landed intact, the Middle East intelligence website DEBKAfile wrote at the…
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Alexey Miller and Germany’s Government Commissioner discuss gas cooperation between Gazprom and Ukraine from 2020 onward
Release November 6, 2019, 13:25 A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Georg Graf Waldersee, Commissioner of the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Germany for Gas Transit across Ukraine, took place today in St. Petersburg. The meeting participants discussed issues related to the interaction between Gazprom and Ukraine in the gas sector from 2020 onward. Alexey…
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Russian Smuggling Route Linked to British Migrant Truck Deaths, Reports Say
One of the suspects arrested in Vietnam as part of an investigation into migrant deaths in Britain is believed to have smuggled people into Europe via Russia, USA Today has reported. British police charged two men with manslaughter last week in connection with the discovery of 39 bodies believed to be Vietnamese in a refrigerated truck…
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Head of ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev and Minister in charge of the upgrade of the Paks NPP János Süli visited the construction site of Paks-2 NPP (Hungary)
On November 5, 2019, Director General of ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev and the Minister in charge of the upgrade of the Paks NPP János Süli visited the construction site of Paks-2 NPP. During the visit, the parties discussed the implementation of the project, and also held a meeting with the participation of employees of ROSATOM branch…
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TVEL Fuel Company of ROSATOM Inks Fuel Contract for China’s Xudapu NPP New Units
TVEL Fuel Company of ROSATOM has signed the contract for nuclear fuel supply to the future power units 3 and 4 of Xudapu NPP with China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation, CNNP Liaoning Nuclear Power and CNNP Suneng Nuclear Power acting as the customers (all the companies are subsidiaries of China National Nuclear Corporation, CNNC). The…
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Most Russians Want ‘Decisive’ Change – Study
The share of Russians who say the country needs sweeping changes has grown to 59% this year, according to new research from the Carnegie Moscow Center and the independent Levada Center pollster cited by the Vedomosti newspaper Wednesday. “There’s increasing dissatisfaction with the work of the state,” Vedomosti quoted Levada sociologist and co-author Denis Volkov…
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On Norway’s Snowy Border with Russia, Unease Over Military Buildup
Under a soft winter sun in northern Norway, U.S. Marines train in the ice and snow as they learn how to fight in the freezing cold. “Which country is to the northeast?” Staff Sergeant Daniel Croak bellows at a group of 20 soldiers in camouflaged combat jackets and white trousers in a pine forest near…
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry Opposes Call to Ban Deutsche Welle
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday he did not support banning foreign media outlets including Germany’s Deutsche Welle from working in Russia, something that had been proposed by parliament, Interfax news agency reported. Russia‘s parliament accused Deutsche Welle in September of breaking election legislation and asked the foreign ministry to consider revoking the German…
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Putin Wants to ‘Replace’ Wikipedia With ‘Reliable’ Russian Version: 4 Takeaways From Speech
President Vladimir Putin convened a meeting of Russia’s language council Tuesday, where he warned that there is a war against the Russian language, recommended replacing Wikipedia and called for the introduction of uniform language norms. Chaired by presidential adviser Vladimir Tolstoy, the 48-member council is charged with developing state policy on protecting and promoting the…
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Crowd Pelts With Stones Turkish-Russian Patrol in Syria
Turkish and Russian troops on Tuesday began their second joint patrol in northern Syria near Kobani, under a deal that has forced a Kurdish militia away from Turkey’s border, while local media released footage of angry crowds pelting a convoy with stones. Nearly a month ago, Turkey and Syrian rebel allies launched a cross-border incursion…