Trust Is Key to Repairing Ties With Russia (Op-ed)
Yes, Russia Abused Facebook, But Did It Work? (Op-ed)
Athletes from Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg win five prizes in snocross race
Background Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom. It operates in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area. The company is focused on gas and gas condensate production. Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg holds licenses for the development and production of hydrocarbons from the Yamburgskoye and Zapolyarnoye fields and is getting ready for commercial production at the Severo-Kamennomyssky, Kamennomysskoye-Sea, Obsky, Chugoryakhinsky, Tazovsko-Zapolyarny and Yuzhno-Parusovy subsurface areas, as well as the Parusovy,…
Sponsored by Rosneft, Piero della Francesca Exhibition Hosts in Hermitage Museum
Sponsored by Rosneft Oil Company, the state Hermitage Museum hosts the exhibition “Piero della Francesca. Monarch of Painting” encompassing the masterpieces of one of the most prominent masters of the 15th century. The exhibition features 11 paintings of the artist and four manuscripts from art collections of Italy, Spain, Portugal and Britain. The exhibition provides…
Moscow Lights Up for Christmas 2018, in Photos
Holiday Dazzler
If Russia Chooses a Different Course, The U.K. Will Respond in Kind (Op-ed)
ROSATOM held workshop on public acceptance of nuclear energy in Mersin
On December 12, ROSATOM organized a workshop on public acceptance of nuclear energy. The event took place in Mersin Museum of Archeology. The workshop welcomed a wide audience of teachers, students, representatives of high educational and environmental institutions, and NGOs. The workshop included presentations given by representatives of ROSATOM enterprises, such as regional center in…
The Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) issued Limited Work Permit for the construction of Unit 2 of Akkuyu NPP
The Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) has provided Akkuyu NPP, that implements the first nuclear power plant project in Turkey, with a Limited Work Permit for the construction of Unit 2 of Akkuyu NPP The issuance of the Limited Work Permit (LWP) resulted from thorough review and assessment by TAEK of the package of documents…
Moscow’s Frozen Monuments, in Photos
Gazprom and Itochu sign Memorandum of Understanding on Baltic LNG project
Release December 13, 2018, 17:20 A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Yoshihisa Suzuki, President and Chief Operating Officer of Itochu Corporation, took place in St. Petersburg today. In the course of the meeting, Gazprom and Itochu Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Baltic LNG project. With this document, the parties confirmed their interest in potential cooperation in the framework of the…
ROSATOM became a leader of RSPP Sustainable Development Indexes rating
ROSATOM again has become a leader of RSPP (Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs) Sustainable Development Indexes rating. These indexes evaluate achievements of companies in sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and reporting. They were provided on December 11 at the expanded sitting of the RSPP Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility and Demographic Policy “Company’s Business…
Russian Rappers Are Giving Up on Putin (Op-ed)
MH17: In Search of Justice (Op-ed)
How To Dress Your Russian Holiday Tree
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
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
The Yellow Vests Aren’t Imported from Russia (Op-ed)
On Its 25th Birthday, Russia’s Constitution Is Still Worth Defending (Op-ed)
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
Remembering Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the Matriarch of Russia’s Human Rights Movement (Оp-ed)
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
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
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
Moscow’s Izmailovsky Kremlin and Markets, in Photos
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
Ramzan Kadyrov’s Next Target (Op-ed)
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)
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)
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
Writer Andrei Bitov is Dead
Celebrate Hanukkah in Moscow
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
What Does the Kremlin Want Out of the G20 Summit?
Eat Your Grammar Spinach
Weekend Christmas Fairs
“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
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…