Day: October 21, 2020
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Severstal reports Q3 & 9M 2020 fiacial results
October 22, 2020 PAO Severstal (MOEX: CHMF; LSE: SVST), one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, today announces its Q3 & 9M 2020 financial results for the period ended 30 September 2020. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR Q3 AND 9M 2020 $ million, unless otherwise stated Q3 2020 Q2 2020 Change, % 9M…
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North Pole Ice Cap Too Thin for Testing Russia’s Giant Icebreaker
Russia’s nuclear-powered Arktika icebreaker will need to undergo a second test voyage to prove its capabilities after Arctic sea ice levels were too thin during its first test run. After reaching the North Pole on her maiden voyage, state nuclear-powered icebreaker agency Atomflot said the Arktika proved its ability to navigate in ice conditions, adding…
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Russian Federation flag raised on board ROSATOM’s nuclear icebreaker “Arktika”
On October 21, the state flag of the Russian Federation was raised on board FSUE Atomflot’s (a ROSATOM company) universal nuclear-powered icebreaker “Arktika” in Murmansk. The list of event attendees included Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Yuri Borisov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Alexey Likhachev, ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation…
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2nd Coronavirus Wave Could Be 10X Worse in Russia’s Regions, Disease Expert Says
A number of Russian regions risk facing a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic that is 10 times worse than the first, a senior Russian vector-borne disease expert said Tuesday. “The situation in the regions is very different,” Alexander Lukashev, who heads the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University’s (MSMU) Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology,…
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Gazprom and VNG discuss issues related to gas supplies
October 21, 2020, 15:55 A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Ulf Heitmueller, Chairman of the Executive Board of VNG, took place today via a video conference call. The parties discussed relevant issues of cooperation. It was noted that the amounts of gas supplied by Gazprom to Germany in August, September, and the first 20 days of October 2020 were higher than the…
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Russia Hosts New Talks in Search of Karabakh Truce
Russia hosted the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan for separate talks this week as world powers seek to step up hitherto failed efforts to agree a lasting truce to halt fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and his Armenian counterpart Zohrab Mnatsakanyan for separate talks on…
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‘Consciousness Without Borders’: New Russian Art
The St. Petersburg exhibition “Consciousness Without Borders” showcases the work of two young contemporary artists, Yulia Virko and Anthony Gelfand. This show is an expanded version of a previous joint show held at Center for Contemporary Art Winzavod in Moscow earlier this autumn. Both Virko and Gelfand create their own realities based on what they…
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Russian Mayor Urges Kicking Maskless Passengers Off Public Transit
Public transport passengers “can and should” kick out fellow passengers who don’t wear masks, the mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city of Yekaterinburg said Tuesday. The Sverdlovsk region, where Yekaterinburg is the administrative center, is Russia’s fifth most-affected federal subject by the coronavirus pandemic. It has confirmed a total of 33,425 Covid-19 cases and 718 deaths…
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Kyrgyzstan Sets New Polls as New PM Reassures Russia
Kyrgyzstan’s electoral authorities said Wednesday parliamentary polls annulled over unrest would be repeated in December as acting leader Sadyr Japarov moved to assure Russia of the two countries’ strategic partnership. The Central Asian country’s elections commission said the fresh elections would be held on Dec. 20, after a previous vote was annulled over political chaos…
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Muscovites Bid Farewell to Warm Fall Weather
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Rosneft Designs Synthetic Crude Oil Unit
Scientists of the Rosneft United Research and Development Centre have developed a laboratory unit designed to convert methane to synthetic liquid hydrocarbons.
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Controversial Russian Priest Dies During Coronavirus Rehabilitation
A senior Russian priest notorious for making controversial remarks about women has died at age 69 during his rehabilitation from the coronavirus, a Russian Orthodox Church spokesman announced Wednesday. Earlier this year, Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov was crowned “Sexist of the Year” by Russian feminists for claiming that women have “weaker minds” than men and comparing common-law…
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Alexey Miller reelected as President of International Business Congress
Background The International Business Congress (IBC) is an international non-governmental and non-profit organization. The IBC consists of 118 members from 23 countries, among them Gazprom, OMV AG, Bank of China, China National Petroleum Corporation, Comita D. D., DNV GL AS, Ernst and Young BV, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd., Mitsubishi, Mizuho Bank, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, Pietro Fiorentini S.P.A., PetroVietnam, SAP LLC, Siemens, Shell, Schneider Electric,…
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Leningrad NPP: Test Tubine Launch Took Place at Unit 6
A test turbine launch took place at NPU No. 6 with a VVER-1200 reactor (a water-water energetic reactor) at the Leningrad NPP (a branch of ROSATOM, part of its power division). The experts performed a dry run of the turbine and increased the number of revolutions, in a phased approach, to the designed value of…
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Russia Breaks Record for Daily Coronavirus Deaths
Russia has confirmed a record daily death toll from the coronavirus at 317 fatalities Wednesday as the country sees a record-breaking surge in cases but resists reintroducing strict lockdown measures. The previous highest death toll of 286 Covid-19 deaths was recorded last Thursday. The new increase brings Russia’s overall Covid-19 death toll, as reported by…
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‘Stumbling Into a New Arms Race’: Imagery Shows Russia Preparing for Nuclear-Powered Missile Test
Russia plans to resume tests of its Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile, a move that risks reigniting an arms race with the United States just as the countries appeared on course to renew nuclear arms deal extension talks, according to a new analysis of satellite images. Researchers noted high levels of activity at the dismantled test site…