ROSATOM presented innovative technological solutions for the region at African Energy Week 2024

ROSATOM delegation took part in the African Energy Week 2024 (AEW 2024), the largest energy conference on the African continent that ended on 8 November in Cape Town (South Africa). Rosatom participated in the event for the second time, becoming this year’s gold sponsor. The forum brought together more than 5,000 participants including the continent’s…

Russian Police Target Romani Community in Fresh Raids, Seizing Weapons and Issuing Draft Notices

Russian law enforcement officers seized weapons and handed out military summons to Roma amid a fresh wave of police raids in the Chelyabinsk region, where a murder last month ignited long-simmering ethnic tensions and sparked local reprisals against the local Romani community. Chelyabinsk region police have carried out at least six “crime prevention” raids over…

Pro-Russia Hackers Ramp Up Cyber Attacks on South Korea, Presidential Office Says

Pro-Russia hacking groups have ramped up attacks against South Korea amid North Korean troop deployments in Russia, South Korea’s presidential office said Friday. Authorities in Seoul said they have convened an emergency meeting due to recent attacks targeting some government and private websites. No major damage has been reported, aside from temporary outages, South Korea’s…

Ukrainian Drone Strike Sparks Blaze at Oil Refinery in Russia’s Saratov Region

Ukraine’s military intelligence claimed responsibility for a drone strike on an oil refinery in southern Russia’s Saratov region that eyewitnesses said sparked a blaze late Friday, according to media reports. “A drone was eliminated over the territory of Saratov overnight. Part of the debris fell in an industrial zone in the Zavodsky district,” Saratov region…

ROSATOM organised a discussion on green energy within African Energy Week

ROSATOM reaffirmed its commitment as a key partner for African countries in achieving energy balance by hosting the discussion “From Vision to Action: Africa’s Sustainable Energy Transition through Green Innovation” at African Energy Week 2024 (AEW 2024), the continent’s premier industry event which finished on 8 November in Cape Town, South Africa. Participating in numerous…

Trump’s Win Gives Optimism to Russian Brokers

Russian and Western traders and brokers are optimistic following Donald Trump’s election victory, the Financial Times reported, citing market sources. “All the talk this morning is about how to trade Russia and whether sanctions will be thrown off… [traders at Western banks] are questioning suddenly whether the ruble is now tradeable,” FT wrote. The value of Russian assets rose…

ROSATOM Engineering Division hands over a vitual NPP to the industry basic university in Nizhny Novgorod

ROSATOM Engineering Division has handed over to Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev (NNSTU) a virtual NPP unit (VNPP) that will be used for training of nuclear engineers. The software and hardware complex installed in Nizhny Novgorod university is a light version actively used by the Engineering Division’s designers in everyday work.…

Russia Signs Security, Energy Deals With Venezuela

Venezuela and its most powerful ally Russia signed agreements Thursday on intelligence-gathering and counter-espionage, as well as energy cooperation, during a visit by a senior Kremlin official to Caracas. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko told Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez that his country stood ready to support Venezuela’s armed forces with “the most sophisticated…