MH17: In Search of Justice (Op-ed)
Russia’s denials and obfuscation show a lack of respect for the victims’ relatives.
How To Dress Your Russian Holiday Tree
A Russian primer on holiday tree decoration from an expert. No, really.
ROSATOM Launches Batch Production of MOX Fuel for Fast Neutron Reactor
The first serial batch of nuclear fuel assemblies for BN-800 fast neutron reactor with mixed uranium-and-plutonium MOX fuel has successfully passed acceptance commissioning. The fuel pellets are manufactured from a mixture of oxides of depleted uranium accumulated at facilities of TVEL Fuel Company of ROSATOM, and oxides of plutonium extracted during reprocessing of spent nuclear…
A Final Speech by Lyudmila Alexeyeva
“Appeal to values, historical experience and common sense.”
Severstal, RUSNANO ad Widar Reovables opeed Russia’s first productio of wid turbie towers
December 13, 2018 PAO Severstal (“Severstal”; “the Company”), one of the world’s leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, RUSNANO MC and Windar Renovables S.L. have opened the production steel towers for wind-driven power plants. A solemn opening ceremony of the LLC WRS Towers, a joint venture of Severstal, Windar Renovables S.L. and RUSNANO for…
Severstal lauches Techopark to promote cooperatio betwee iovative compaies
December 13, 2018 PAO Severstal, one of the world’s largest vertically integrated steel and mining companies, announces the launch of Severstal Technopark, a facility to enable innovative companies to cooperate and implement and commercialize joint products and technologies. The Technopark’s infrastructure includes a production centre, featuring technically advanced equipment to create new product prototypes. The…
Rosneft and Jeff Monson Wish a Happy New Year to Drivers
Rosneft and Jeff Monson, the famous mixed martial artist nicknamed ‘the Snowman’, send their best wishes to drivers on the oncoming New Year. The famous American fighter with a Russian ID was not only giving useful car-handy winter presents and signing pictures, but also urged drivers to move around the city safely. The world champion…
Painter Isaac Levitan and the Big Screen
Go to the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center to see familiar landscape paintings – and the landscapes themselves – in a totally new way.
The Yellow Vests Aren’t Imported from Russia (Op-ed)
Faced with a version of the Yellow Vests, any nation’s elite must look inward.
On Its 25th Birthday, Russia’s Constitution Is Still Worth Defending (Op-ed)
But if we want to return to the democratic path declared during perestroika, our constitution will need an overhaul.
Rosneft Holds 2nd Seminar on Production Safety
Rosneft Oil Company held a seminar on “A Leader’s Impact on Safety Culture” for top-managers of the Company, while implementing a large-scale development programme on Health, Safety & Environment (HSE). The event was also attended by representatives of BP and Equinor. The key purposes of the seminar were the exchange of experience in HSE with…
Bulgari in the Kremlin: Jewels in a Jewel Box
Don’t miss this unique exhibit of more than 500 pieces of jewelry by Bulgari.
Remembering Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the Matriarch of Russia’s Human Rights Movement (Оp-ed)
To honor her, we should do our part to make the world a better place.
Vorkutaugol wis iteratioal evirometal award
December 10, 2018 AO Vorkutaugol, one of the largest coal mining companies in Russia and a subsidiary of PAO Severstal, has won a First Class Diploma in the “Ecology and Human Health” category of the EcoWorld international environmental award. Enterprises and representatives from the scientific communities of 16 countries participated in this year’s competition. Vorkutaugol…
The Scream on Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge
An artist has added his comment and tribute to the memorial to slain political leader Boris Nemtsov.
Moscow’s Izmailovsky Kremlin and Markets, in Photos
Traditionally, a kremlin is a fortified structure that protects what’s inside its walls. But the Izmailovsky Kremlin in northeast Moscow offers no such service. Instead, it serves as a wonderland escape with weekend markets, where locals, artists and tourists can explore old Soviet goods, vintage posters, souvenirs and food. Here’s a look at Moscow’s “other”…
Alexey Miller moderates Presiding Committee Meeting of International Business Congress
Background The International Business Congress (IBC) is an international non-governmental and non-profit organization. The IBC has 122 members, including Gazprom, Deutsche Bank, ENGIE, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, J.P. Morgan Bank International, KPMG, Mitsubishi, Mizuho Bank, Siemens, Shell, Equinor, Schneider Electric, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Total, Uniper, Wintershall, Sakhalin Energy, Srbijagas, and others. The IBC’s supreme body is the General Meeting. The 52-member…
For the third time ROSATOM became the leader of the National Procurement Transparency Rating
On the 6th of December the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia summed up annual research of the national procurement market as regards to transparency and law abiding guarantees. For the third time for the history of the National Procurement Transparency Rating ROSATOM was recognized as the leader in the section “Public Corporate Buyers”…
Holiday Fairs
More holiday bazaars, folks!
ROSATOM reports power start-up of the world’s only floating nuclear power unit
MURMANSK, 6 December 2018 – Reactor unit No.1 of the world’s only floating power unit (FPU), Akademik Lomonosov, was turned on at 10% of its capacity. The FPU is now moored at the Atomflot site (a ROSATOM company) in Murmansk. Technicians completed all necessary preparatory operations and performed all required assessments before the procedure. ROSATOM…
The Year of Living Toxically
What’s a toxic relationship? A toxic crowd? A toxic person? Who knows? But it sounds bad.
Moscow’s Izmailovsky Kremlin and Markets, in Photos
Old Soviet goods, vintage posters, souvenirs and food are on offer at the markets of the Izmailovsky Kremlin.
Over 850 Supplier Companies Participated in the ATOMEX 2018 International Forum
On December 4, the 10th International Forum of Nuclear Industry Suppliers ATOMEX 2018 drew to a close in Moscow’s Gostiny Dvor. This year, 1670 participants from 31 countries attended the Forum. Over 84% of the participants were representatives of 860 supplier companies that took part in both business programme events and the exhibition. South Korea…
Russia Signs $6 Billion Investment Deals With Venezuela, Maduro Says
Maduro called Russia a “brother country” with which Venezuela had “raised the flag for the creation of a multipolar and multicentric world.”
Ramzan Kadyrov’s Next Target (Op-ed)
Chechnya’s recent move to grab territory from neighboring Ingushetia is unlikely to be its last.
Workshop on Russian nuclear technologies held in Saudi Arabia
On December 5, 2018, ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation organized a workshop on Russian nuclear technologies in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) for representatives of Saudi companies. The event was held in Council of Saudi Arabian Chamber of Commerce. In his welcome speech, Alexander Voronkov, CEO of ROSATOM Regional Center in Middle East and Northern Africa region,…
Gazprom and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area sign Cooperation Agreement for 2019
Release December 5, 2018, 18:15 A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Dmitry Artyukhov, Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area (YaNAA), took place today at the Bovanenkovskoye field. The parties acknowledged the strategic and long-term nature of the cooperation between the Company and the region, highlighting the importance of Gazprom’s large-scale efforts for setting up a key gas production center…
Bovanenkovskoye field’s final gas facility and Ukhta – Torzhok 2 gas pipeline brought into operation
Release December 5, 2018, 18:00 Today, an official ceremony was held at the Bovanenkovskoye field to celebrate the commissioning of the field’s third and final gas production facility and the Ukhta – Torzhok 2 gas trunkline. The ceremony was attended by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Dmitry Artyukhov, Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, and heads of the Company’s relevant subdivisions, subsidiaries and contracting organizations. Vladimir Putin,…
INF Is Just Another Unenforceable Treaty (Op-ed)
The question is what kind of threat could bring the leaders of this fractured world to start making binding deals again.
Russia and the Republic of Rwanda develop cooperation in the field of peaceful use of atomic energy
December 5, 2018 during an official visit of the Minister of Infrastructure of the Republic of Rwanda, Claver Gatete to Moscow, an Intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of atomic energy was signed between the two countries. ROSATOM Director General Aleksey Likhachev signed it on behalf of Russia and the Rwandan…
ROSATOM took part in the IAEA Nuclear Science and Technology Conference
The first IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology “Addressing Current and Emerging Development Challenges” was held November 28-30, 2018 in Vienna (Austria). The event was visited by about 1,100 delegates from 137 states and 15 international organizations. At the conference opening the key speakers were IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, UNIDO Director General…
ROSATOM completes longevity testing of modified nuclear fuel for NPPs in Finland and Hungary
OKB Gidropress research and experiment facility, a part of Rosatom engineering division Atomenergomash, has finished longevity testing of fuel assembly models with optimized hydro-uranium ratio for VVER-440 reactors. This new modification of second-generation nuclear fuel is developed for the Paks NPP in Hungary and Loviisa NPP in Finland within the contracts between TVEL Fuel Company…
Who Are Russia’s Heroes? It May Surprise You (Op-ed)
Russians prefer local heroes, people of courage and larger-than-life figures – like Pushkin or Peter the Great – who have transcended the changes in propaganda lines.
Supported by Rosneft, Doha hosts an exhibition of paintings of the Tretyakov Gallery “Russian Avant-Garde: Pioneers and Direct Descendants”
In the capital of Qatar, Doha, the grand opening of the exhibition of the State Tretyakov Gallery collection of paintings “Russian Avant-garde: Pioneers and Direct Descendants” was held. Rosneft Oil Company is the general partner of the event. The exhibition, organized together with Qatar Museums and coincided with Qatar Russia 2018 Year of Culture 2018,…
Moscow’s Top 5 Skating Rinks
Strap on those skates and hit the ice! Moscow has dozens of rinks. Here are our favorites.
Writer Andrei Bitov is Dead
2018 marks the passing of another great Russian cultural figure.
Celebrate Hanukkah in Moscow
Moscow’s Jewish community is celebrating Hanukkah and welcomes everyone to eat, pray, and love this week.
Russia and Argentina signed a strategic document, envisaging improved cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy
Buenos Aires, December 1st, 2018 – Russia and Argentina signed a Strategic document on the margins of the G20 summit, confirming their partnership in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, signed the document on Russia’s behalf; Javier Iguacel, Argentina’s Minister of Energy, signed it on Argentina’s behalf. Both the…
New European Theater Comes to Moscow
Take a break from pre-holiday and work madness for some of the best theater Europe has to offer.
What Does the Kremlin Want Out of the G20 Summit?
Alexander Gabuev provides insight into Kremlin’s game plan.
Eat Your Grammar Spinach
A simple query led to grammatical confusion — among experts! If grammarians are confused, what’s a poor foreigner to do?
Weekend Christmas Fairs
This weekend the holiday fair marathon kicks into high gear. Get your shopping bags ready!
“Wild Edens: Turkey”, a new feature documentary dedicated to the fight against global warming, premieres in Ankara
The premiere of a new documentary “Wild Edens: Turkey”, the second in a series that highlights the issue of climate change, took place in Ankara, Turkey. Focusing on the flora and fauna in the one-of-a-kind natural habitats of Turkey, the programme highlights the unique and delicate habitat of the Kars Wetland, the Caucasus, and the…
Nuclear Industry Suppliers Forum organized by ROSATOM held in Cairo (Egypt)
Nuclear Industry Suppliers Forum organized by ROSATOM and Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA) held in Cairo (Egypt) on November 25-26, 2018. Osama Osran, Deputy Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy of Egypt, Amgad el-Wakeel, Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) and Kirill Komarov, first Deputy Director General for Corporate Development and International…
Return to the Silver Age
Take a break from Moscow’s pre-holiday hustle and bustle with Serebrovsky’s meditative paintings.
The IAEA OSART mission confirmed Rosenergoatom’s commitment to safety principles
A team of IAEA experts confirmed the commitment of Rosenergoatom JSC (a part of the Rosatom Electric Power Division) to safety principles. The experts also pointed out the Company’s several good practices, which can benefit the entire global nuclear community. It is to be recalled that on 11-27 November, 2018, Rosenergoatom first hosted the OSART…
Containing the Kerch Crisis (Op-ed)
Legal positions and geopolitical realities are different things.
Moscow’s Newest Form of Transport, the Cable Car, Takes First Passengers (in Photos)
Moscow’s first-ever cable car line opened this Tuesday, linking Luzhniki Stadium to Vorobyovy Gory.
From Russia With Cinema
The film award season has begun, and Russian films are in the line-up. Which ones have you seen?
Remembering James H. Billington
The author of perhaps the greatest book in English on Russian culture, “The Icon and the Axe,” and 13th Librarian of Congress, passed away last week.
The Specter of Russia Hangs Over Georgia’s Presidential Runoff (Op-ed)
A return to power of Saakashvili’s allies could reignite tensions with Moscow.
ROSATOM and its subsidiaries have become winners of the annual reports contest run by the Rating Agency Expert RA
ROSATOM’s companies once again were among winners of the Annual Reports Contest run by the Rating Agency Expert RA (RAEX). Traditionally, the function dedicated to giving awards to winners of the 2017 annual reports contest and publication of results of the rating were held in the framework of the Annual Training Conference “Annual Report: experience…
Get Your Book Bags Ready
Booklovers, rejoice! Tomorrow Moscow’s greatest book fair opens and runs through the weekend.
ROSATOM has piloted an innovative annealing technology enabling life-extension of large-capacity reactors
26 November 2018 (Balakovo, Russia) – ROSATOM has completed the annealing of a large capacity reactor vessel on power unit 1 (VVER-1000) at Balakovo NPP (Saratov region, 900 km from Moscow) for the first time in the world. This unique technology, designed by Russian scientists from National Research Center “Kurchatov institute”, allows to extend reactor…
Russia Needs a Better Post-Putin Vision (Op-ed)
When I think about Russia after Putin, I’m looking for a credible vision that doesn’t replicate Putin’s great-power ambitions.
In Azov Sea, Putin Plays a Deadly Ukraine Game (Op-ed)
The Azov confrontation may yet yield bloodshed, but fallout can probably be controlled.
A Day and Night Look at Moscow’s Iconic Buildings, in Photos
Moscow’s iconic buildings transform from detailed architectural wonders by day to illuminated spectacles by night.
Putin and Poroshenko Don’t Want All-Out War (Op-ed)
Russia has been quick to point out that the escalation benefits Poroshenko domestically.
Ship Chokepoint in Focus as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Flare-Up
The incident underscores the transport risks in the region.
Severstal’s Corporate Secretary Artem Bobulich triumphs at the Director of the Year Awards 2018
November 23, 2018 Artem Bobulich, Corporate Secretary of PAO Severstal (“Severstal”; “the Company”), one of the world’s leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, was a winner in the “Corporate Director/Corporate Secretary” category at the Director of the Year Awards 2018. The Awards are presented annually by the Association of Independent Directors and the…