Working meeting between Alexey Miller and Türkiye’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar

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October 10, 2024, 18:25 A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Türkiye, took place today at St. Petersburg International Gas Forum 2024. The parties discussed the current matters and prospects of their cooperation in the gas sector, including the project for the creation of an international gas hub.…

Nausea, Headaches and Coughing: Locals Complain Amid Crimean Oil Refinery Fire Caused By Ukrainian Strike

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A major fire at an oil refinery in Russian-annexed Crimea has sparked complaints from local residents, raising concerns over safety and environmental impact. Kyiv’s forces reported a “successful strike” on an offshore oil terminal near the Black Sea port town of Feodosia on Monday, sparking a fire that prompted local authorities to evacuate over 1,000…

Documents signed for training gas sector specialists

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October 10, 2024, 17:45 A number of documents pertaining to the training of specialists for the gas sector were signed today in the presence of Alexey Miller at St. Petersburg International Gas Forum 2024. Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk, the Amur Region Government and Amur State University signed an Agreement of Cooperation. The parties intend to join forces in training professionals who are in demand by the enterprises of the Amur…

Coordination Agreement signed regarding Far Eastern route for Russian gas supplies to China

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Background Gazprom’s main partner in China is CNPC, a state-owned oil and gas company. In 2014, Gazprom and CNPC signed the 30-year Sales and Purchase Agreement for 38 billion cubic meters of gas per year to be supplied via the eastern route (Power of Siberia gas pipeline). The ceremony marking the start of the first-ever pipeline supplies of Russian gas to China took place on December 2, 2019. The long-term…

Documents signed to expand cooperation between Gazprom and Russian industrial enterprises

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October 10, 2024, 17:30 A number of documents to expand cooperation between Gazprom and Russian industrial enterprises were signed today at St. Petersburg International Gas Forum 2024. The documents are aimed at strengthening the potential of Russian manufacturers and increasing the production of advanced products for the fuel and energy complex. Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Mikhail Evraev, Governor…

Dmitry Krymov’s Mad, Mad World

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Riga was the first stop on a tour of a new play written and directed by Dmitry Krymov starring just two actors: Maxim Sukhanov and Chulpan Khamatova. It is called “Notes of the Mad,” invoking the tradition of literary works about mad Russians that began two centuries ago with Nikolai Gogol. The premiere began with…

U.S. Confident Ukraine Can Hold Parts of Russia’s Kursk Region ‘for Months’ – Bloomberg

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Ukrainian forces will be able to hold onto territory captured during their incursion into western Russia’s Kursk region for several months or longer, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing a U.S. assessment shared by senior American officials. Ukraine launched its offensive into the border region on Aug. 6, claiming to control 100 settlements and almost 1,300 square…

Kadyrov Declares ‘Blood Feud’ Against Russian Lawmakers in First Remarks on Wildberries Shootout

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has declared a “blood feud” against three federal lawmakers from neighboring North Caucasus republics in his first comments on last month’s deadly shooting outside the Moscow headquarters of Russia’s largest online retailer Wildberries. Kadyrov has vowed to help Vladislav Bakalchuk, the estranged husband of Wildberries CEO Tatiana Kim — Russia’s wealthiest woman…

ROSATOM Deputy Director General Nikolay Spassky held a meeting with Burkina Faso Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries Yacouba Zabre Gouba

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On October 9, 2024, Nikolay Spassky, Deputy Director General for International Relations of the ROSATOM, held a meeting with Yacouba Zabre Gouba, Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries of Burkina Faso. The delegation arrived in Moscow to participate in the forum “Economic Days of Burkina Faso in Russia”. As part of the meeting, a detailed…

Russia to U.S.: Worry About Diddy, Not Us

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The United States should “redirect” its efforts toward investigating the criminal sex ring allegations against rapper Diddy instead of seeking to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Moscow’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said in an interview.  Maria Zakharova’s remarks came in response to bombshell federal U.S. racketeering and sex trafficking charges as well as a…

Volunteer at Site of Nemtsov’s Assassination Jailed 12 Years for Aiding Ukraine – Mediazona

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A Russian military court has sentenced a volunteer at the makeshift memorial to slain opposition politician Boris Nemtsov to 12 years in prison for his involvement with the Ukrainian military, the independent news website Mediazona reported Wednesday. Yevgeny Mishchenko, who was among those who kept watch at a Moscow bridge near the Kremlin where Nemtsov…

Russia’s Tax Revenue From Occupied Ukrainian Regions Tops 2023 Levels

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Russia collected 118 billion rubles ($1.2 billion) in taxes from occupied Ukrainian territories in January-September 2024, surpassing tax revenues from these regions in all of 2023, the RBC news website reported Wednesday. Russia said it annexed southern and eastern Ukraine’s Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions in September 2022 following widely disputed referendums despite not fully…

Russia Bans Messaging Platform Discord

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Russia’s telecoms watchdog on Tuesday announced that it was banning the social media platform Discord for violating the country’s laws, signaling the latest move by authorities to tighten control over the internet. Access to Discord was being “restricted due to the violation of requirements of Russian legislation” pertaining to “preventing the use of messaging for…

Trump Secretly Sent Putin Rare Covid Tests at Pandemic’s Height, Book Reveals – WP

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Ex-U.S. President Donald Trump secretly sent Covid-19 tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin amid a domestic shortage at the height of the pandemic in 2020, The Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing its associate editor Bob Woodward’s upcoming book. Putin, a known germophobe who was widely said to have taken extra precautionary measures including extended self-isolation…

The Head of ROSATOM, Alexey Likhachev, held a working meeting with the Director General of the International ITER Organization, Pietro Barabaschi

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On October 8, Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, held a working meeting with his colleague from the International ITER Organization, Pietro Barabaschi, who was in Russia on a visit. The parties discussed issues related to the joint implementation of the international project for the construction of the ITER thermonuclear experimental reactor, in particular, the…

Russia Jails Ukrainian Woman 8 Years for Annexation Day Bomb Plot – Mediazona

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A Russian court has sentenced a 26-year-old Ukrainian woman to eight years in prison for allegedly plotting an explosion on the day that Russia claimed to have annexed four Ukrainian regions, the independent news website Mediazona reported Monday, citing her lawyer. Irina Navalnaya was detained by occupying authorities in Mariupol in September 2022 on suspicion of attempted terrorism…

Belgorod Region Offers Record 3M Ruble Military Sign-Up Payment

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Southwestern Russia’s Belgorod region is offering a nationwide record of 3 million rubles ($31,200) in one-time payments for signing military contracts to fight in Ukraine, authorities said Monday. “The payment will amount to 3 million rubles from all sources: the federal, regional, municipal budgets and extra-budgetary funds,” Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said at a regional administration…

Russian State Media Corporation Hit By ‘Unprecedented’ Hacking Attack – Reports

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Hackers targeted Russian state media giant VGTRK on Monday, disrupting its online broadcasting, the state-run Gazeta.ru news outlet reported.  VGTRK operates several national television channels, including Rossia 1 and Rossia 24, in addition to more than 80 regional television and radio stations.  “Online broadcasting and internal services are down, even the internet and telephones are…