Rosneft Deutschland Increases Sales of Alfabit by 37.5% in 2019
In 2019, Rosneft Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company in Germany, increased sales of polymer-modified bitumen (PMB) Alfabit by 37.5% year-on-year.
Moscow Elderly Told to Stay Home or Escape to Countryside
On Monday, the mayor of Moscow told older Russians to either stay at home or escape to their country houses to avoid exposure to the coronavirus. In a video on his website, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that those over the age of 65 “must comply with an at-home regimen” between March 26 and April 14.…
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Moscow Police Readying for Citywide Coronavirus Lockdown – RBC
Moscow’s police force is preparing to enforce a near-total shutdown of the Russian capital if the number of coronavirus cases rises, including a curfew and a ban on entering and exiting the city, the RBC news website reported Sunday. Moscow’s head of police, Oleg Baranov, has ordered police officials to develop a plan by March…
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Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | March 23
As the new coronavirus that has killed more than 14,000 people continues to spread around the world, Russia has stepped up its measures to tackle the pandemic and prevent its spread within the country. There have been 438 cases of coronavirus infections reported in Russia so far and one death. MT The number of confirmed coronavirus cases…
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Russia’s Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Jump to 438
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With Temperature Checks and Face Masks, Russians Protest Putin Despite Coronavirus
Small-scale protests against Vladimir Putin’s plans to amend the Russian Constitution so he can run for president again in 2024 took place in several medium-sized Russian cities on Sunday, local media reported. Protests against the changes, which would overturn a constitutional ban on Putin running for another term, were called off in Moscow and St. Petersburg due…
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Russia to Build More Coronavirus Hospital Units on Chinese Model
Russia plans to build new isolation units for patients with infectious diseases in several regions in response to the spread of the coronavirus, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin was quoted by the state-run TASS news agency as saying on Sunday. He said the units would be based on close study of such units built in China…
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Russian Theater’s Solution to Virus: An Audience of One
One of Russia’s most distinguished opera and ballet companies has an innovative solution to prohibitions on public gatherings over the coronavirus: playing to an audience of one. The Perm Opera and Ballet Theater, a Urals city company famed for its cutting-edge projects, said it would be launching the “One on One” performances from the end…
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‘From Russia With Love’: Putin Sends Aid to Italy to Fight Virus
The Russian army on Sunday began flying medical help to Italy to help it battle the new coronavirus after receiving an order from President Vladimir Putin, a goodwill gesture that Moscow labeled “From Russia with Love.” Giant Il-76 military planes began taking off from an airbase in the Moscow region after Putin spoke to Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe…
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Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | March 22
As the new coronavirus that has killed more than 11,000 people continues to spread around the world, Russia has stepped up its measures to tackle the pandemic and prevent its spread within the country. There have been 306 cases of coronavirus infections reported in Russia so far and one death. MT The number of confirmed coronavirus cases…
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Russia’s Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Jump to 306
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Exclusive: Rich Russians Are Hoarding Ventilators to Protect Themselves Against the Coronavirus
The family is one of Russia’s richest. Worth over $1 billion, it owns homes in some of the world’s most sought after destinations, including London and the south of France. It also has a mansion in Rublyovka, the luxury suburb outside Moscow that is home to much of Russia’s ruling elite. It is here that…
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Got Grechka? Make a Grain Bowl!
So, you’ve cornered the grechka market. Well done. Now what? You picked an excellent grain to stockpile. Buckwheat packs an incredible nutritional punch: it promotes heart health and is a superb source of many key vitamins and minerals (including thiamin, niacin, and folate) as well as protein and fiber. Buckwheat is one of those foods…
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Tour Marina Tsvetayeva’s Apartment Online On Saturday
Russian museums are not just museums; they are hubs of culture, lectures, tours, films, plays, concerts and other special events. One of the most active is the Marina Tsvetayeva house museum, founded in 1992. For decades one of the residents, Nadezhda Katayeva-Lytkina, fought to preserve the house and legacy of the poet. Marina Tsvetayeva had…
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Moscow Workers Race to Finish ‘Chinese-Inspired’ Virus Hospital
Surrounded by police roadblocks, the vacant lot on the outskirts of Moscow is guarded like a military site. Moscow city authorities are rushing here to construct a medical facility for coronavirus patients styled after a hospital built in record time after China’s outbreak. The building site, where ground broke just last week, is frantic, with a…
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Famous Russian Director Gives 10 Coronavirus Quarantine Tips
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Prominent Russians Urge Government to Take Swift Action Against Coronavirus
Russian public figures, doctors and citizens have launched a petition urging the government to take urgent action against the coronavirus as the country’s number of confirmed cases continues to climb. The petition’s authors include acclaimed novelist Lyudmila Ulitskaya, economist Sergei Guriev, publisher Irina Prokhorova, musician Alexei Kortnev and journalists Leonid Parfyonov, Katerina Gordeeva and Ilya…
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Russia Confirms 54 New Coronavirus Cases, Reaching 253
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Russian News Outlets Ordered to Take Down ‘Fake’ Coronavirus News
Russia has ordered several news outlets to take down information about the coronavirus outbreak that it says is “fake.” Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor on Friday said that the Ekho Moskvy radio station, the Govorit Magadan news website and several other outlets had published “false information that is socially significant” about the coronavirus that “threatens to…
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On This Day in 1922 Irina Antonova Was Born
Today marks the 98th birthday of art historian Irina Antonova, former director of the Pushkin Museum and the longest-serving director of any major museum to date. In her directorial stint from 1961 to 2013, Antonova was responsible for bringing the works of major artists to Soviet and Russian audiences. A native Muscovite, Antonova graduated from…
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5 Russian Ballets
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Investors Withdraw Record $1.4B in Assets From Russia
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Putin’s Relative Launches Political Party
One of President Vladimir Putin’s relatives has launched a political party and said he wants to contest parliamentary elections next year, the Kommersant daily reported on Friday. Roman Putin, son of President Putin’s cousin Igor, told Kommersant in an interview that his People of Business party was a right-wing conservative project aimed at supporting small…
DetailsRosneft Plants About 1 Million Trees In 2019
On March 21, Rosneft together with all its subsidiaries celebrates the International Day of Forests established by the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly.
Foreigners in Russia Can Extend Visas Without Leaving Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
Foreign nationals in Russia will be able to extend their current visas without facing a penalty due to the coronavirus outbreak that is closing borders and canceling flights worldwide, the Interior Ministry has said. Russia has temporarily banned all foreign citizens from entering the country and suspended its issuance of nearly all types of visas…
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Rising Oil Prices Lift Russian Ruble and Stocks
The Russian economy has been rocked by the coronavirus outbreak, and the breakdown of the OPEC+ oil production pact between Russia and Saudi Arabia. The turmoil has shocked traders around the world and resulted in sharp volatility on the Russian stock markets and swings in the value of the ruble — both of which are…
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Moscow Protesters, Police Clash Over ‘Radioactive Highway’ Construction
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Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | March 20
As the new coronavirus that has killed more than 10,000 people continues to spread around the world, Russia has stepped up its measures to tackle the pandemic and prevent its spread within the country. There have been 199 cases of coronavirus infections reported in Russia so far and one death. MT The number of confirmed coronavirus cases…
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Update set of measures regardig COVID-19
March 20, 2020 PAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, provides the following update set of measures in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. While Severstal’s operations are functioning as usual, the continued health and safety of all our employees is our absolute priority. Severstal is strictly following recommendations issued…
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Russia Prepares for a Surge in Coronavirus Cases
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Don’t Vote on Putin’s Constitutional Amendments, Navalny Urges Russians
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has urged his supporters to stay home instead of voting on President Vladimir Putin’s constitutional amendments that could keep him in power until 2036. The package of constitutional changes includes an amendment that would “zero out” the number of terms served by current and former presidents. The amendment, which has…
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Tumbling Ruble Forces Central Bank To Intervene
The Russian economy has been rocked by the coronavirus outbreak, and the breakdown of the OPEC+ oil production pact between Russia and Saudi Arabia. The turmoil has shocked traders around the world and resulted in sharp volatility on the Russian stock markets and swings in the value of the ruble — both of which are…
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Watch a Concert at Garage Museum
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is launching a series of online events and activities today with an unusual concert. The St. Petersburg group Verevka Ensemble will give an online concert of microtonal improvisation. The 90-minute concert, which begins at 7 p.m. Moscow time, will be performed on acoustic guitars with bows. It’s part of the…
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Russia Props Up Ruble, Oil Producers
Russia announced Thursday new measures to prop up the ruble and its oil producers, both of which have been suffering from sinking oil prices and the global panic over the coronavirus. “The government and the Central Bank will continue to take the necessary actions to ensure financial stability,” Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said. He announced…
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Russia’s Coronavirus Count Jumps From 147 to 199 in Biggest One-Day Increase
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Trump Advisor to Attend Russia’s Victory Day Parade
U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien will travel to Moscow to attend Russia‘s World War II Victory Day celebrations in May, U.S. ambassador John Sullivan said on Thursday. President Vladimir Putin presides over an annual parade on May 9 to commemorate the Soviet Union’s World War II victory over Nazi Germany and uses the occasion to…
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Putin Says He’s ‘Not a Tsar’ After 20 Years in Power
Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed comparisons between himself and an imperial tsar on Thursday, arguing that he “works every day” and listens to what people want. “I don’t reign, I work every day,” Putin said in an interview to the state-run TASS news agency. The interview aired on Thursday as part of a series rolled…
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Moscow Monastery Launches Nightly Anti-Coronavirus Processions
Orthodox priests in central Moscow have begun nightly processions around their monastery in an effort to combat the coronavirus with prayer, the monastery’s head priest said. The devotions at the Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery are the latest example of the Russian Orthodox Church’s efforts to offer faith as a solution to the pandemic. Every night, priests will…
DetailsTVEL will supply fuel for the reactor at Řež Nuclear Research Center in the Czech Republic
TVEL has contracted supply of nuclear fuel for the LVR-15 research reactor at the Nuclear Research Center in Řež, the Czech Republic (Centrum výzkumu Řež s.r.o., CVŘ). The contract covers fuel supply in 2020 and has a framework structure for future supplies on the request of the customer. LVR-15 is a 10 MW light water…
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Russia Confirms First Coronavirus Death
Russia has confirmed its coronavirus-related death, a 79-year-old woman with pre-existing health conditions, Moscow’s coronavirus response headquarters said Thursday. Russia has registered 147 cases of coronavirus but has reported no other deaths. The unnamed 79-year-old woman was first hospitalized last week and was later moved to an isolated room in an infectious diseases hospital after testing…
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‘We Don’t Have Enough Intensive Care Beds’: Coronavirus Will Test Russia’s Creaking Healthcare System
For the past five years, nurse Svetlana Shchedrina has been stowing away protective masks and latex gloves. Right now she has two large boxes of each. Shchedrina, 37, told The Moscow Times she was forced to start stockpiling after the tuberculosis hospital in the Urals city of Kurgan where she works stopped providing its staff…
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Russian Courts Put Most Work on Pause Over Coronavirus
Russian courts will stop considering all except the most urgent cases from Thursday onwards until April 10 to contain the spread of coronavirus, a decision by the Supreme Court on Wednesday showed. Urgent cases, which will continue to go up before the courts, include pre-trial decisions on whether to remand suspects in custody, as well…
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Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | March 19
As the new coronavirus that has killed more than 8,800 people continues to spread around the world, Russia has stepped up its measures to tackle the pandemic and prevent its spread within the country. There have been 147 cases of coronavirus infections reported in Russia so far and zero deaths. The number of confirmed cases in Russia…
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‘Putin’s Chef’ Wins $190K Catering Contract for Coronavirus Patients
Yevgeny Prigozhin, a catering magnate with close ties to President Vladimir Putin, has won a $190,000 contract to provide hospital food for Moscow’s coronavirus patients, according to information posted on the government’s online public procurement portal. The government portal says that AVK, a company owned by Prigozhin, will supply ready-made meals to the city hospital…
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Russia’s Virus Cases Jump 29% Amid Crackdown
Russia on Wednesday announced coronavirus cases had jumped almost 29% overnight to 147 despite the Kremlin imposing tight controls on movement and saying the situation is under control. The number of cases has gone up by 33 to 147, Russia’s state health watchdog said, with 31 of those testing positive in Moscow after recently flying…
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Putin is Being Protected From Coronavirus Around the Clock, Says Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is being protected from coronavirus around the clock, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, saying all Kremlin staff involved in his events schedule were undergoing mandatory testing for the virus. Russia has recorded 147 cases of coronavirus so far and the authorities have temporarily barred foreigners from entering the country in an effort…
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Take a Hermitage Tour
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DetailsROSATOM develops cooperation with the Republic of Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 17 – Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. During the meeting, the Parties discussed issues of bilateral cooperation while development and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The delegation visited Rooppur NPP, the site for construction of the…
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Russia’s Supermarkets Defy Gloomy Corporate Outlook
Supermarkets in Russia have stepped up their deliveries of essential goods as analysts say food retailers could be one of the few winners in the economic chaos being wrought by the coronavirus. X5 Retail Group, which runs the Pyaterochka and Perekrestok supermarket chains, said it is increasing its delivery of “socially important goods” from its…
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Remembering Writer Eduard Limonov
On March 17, writer and political activist Eduard Limonov died in Moscow of cancer at age 77. It was reported on the site of the political party, The Other Russia, that Limonov headed. Limonov was born Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko in 1943 in Dzerzhinsk. He began to write poetry in 1958 and took part in his…
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Russia Deploying Coronavirus Disinformation to Sow Panic in West – EU Document
Russian media have deployed a “significant disinformation campaign” against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, generate panic and sow distrust, according to a European Union document seen by Reuters. Pushing fake news online in English, Spanish, Italian, German and French, the Russian campaign uses contradictory, confusing and malicious reports to make it harder…
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In Photos: Coronavirus Transforms the Face of Moscow
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Vedomosti Owner Kudryavtsev Agrees on Sale Deal
The owners of Vedomosti, one of Russia’s largest newspapers, have agreed on a deal to sell the business daily, the publication has confirmed. Demyan Kudryavtsev and his partners Vladimir Voronov and Martin Pompadour will sell 100% of the assets in BNM, their joint-stock company that owns both Vedomosti and Russia’s Harvard Business Review magazine, Kudryavtsev…
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Russia Says It Has Very Few Coronavirus Cases. The Numbers Don’t Tell the Full Story.
Russia’s official statistics indicate that the country has virtually no coronavirus within its borders. With 116,000 tests for the coronavirus carried out and 114 returning positive, Russia’s ratio of tests to positive cases is 0.09%, the lowest among all of the countries infected by the coronavirus. The second lowest ratio is Taiwan’s 0.3% — three…
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Russian Prisoners, Students and Military Will Be Commandeered to Produce Masks
Russian prisoners, students and military personnel will produce medical masks and other equipment as the country faces down the coronavirus pandemic, the RBC news website reported Tuesday. The Federal Penitentiary Service has been ordered to have its inmates produce masks, RBC reported, citing an order from Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin that it has seen. Russia…
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Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | March 18
As the new coronavirus that has killed more than 7,100 people continues to spread around the world, Russia has stepped up its measures to tackle the pandemic and prevent its spread within the country. There have been 114 cases of coronavirus infections reported in Russia so far. MT MT Below are the latest updates on Russia’s response…
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Russian Writer, Political Activist Eduard Limonov Dies
Russian writer Eduard Limonov, a controversial figure who founded a radical nationalist party and led protests against President Vladimir Putin before supporting the Kremlin on Crimea’s annexation, has died at 77, his party said Tuesday. “Eduard Limonov died today in Moscow,” The Other Russia party, which he previously led, said on its website. Limonov, whose…
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Virus Situation in Russia ‘Under Control,’ Putin Says
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said the situation with the spreading coronavirus is “under control” in the country, after infections were “contained.” “We were able to contain mass penetration and spread” of the pandemic, the Russian president told a government meeting. “The situation is generally under control despite high risk level.” “Citizens should be…
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Moscow Officials Deny Planning Total Shutdown to Contain Coronavirus
Moscow authorities have denied reports that they will introduce a near-total shutdown of the city to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Vedomosti reported Tuesday that officials are considering a state of emergency that would close all public transport, shut all nonessential businesses, impose a strict curfew and prevent anyone from leaving or entering Russia’s…
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Russia Employs AI and Video Surveillance Against Coronavirus Disruption
Russia has launched hi-tech systems that monitor social media for “fake news” on the coronavirus and spot empty supermarket shelves, while an app will provide free telemedicine consultations, officials said Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin toured a new coronavirus information centre in Moscow that is pulling together IT resources including surveillance cameras and artificial intelligence. Russia…
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