Energy

Rosatom Building Nuclear Power and Solar Energy Plants in Burkina Faso and Mali

Africa, Energy, Investment, Trade

Russia’s energy development strategy continues in the Sahel region of Africa, where engineers from the Rosatom, the state nuclear energy company, are on a four-day visit to Burkina Faso to discuss building a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in the country. Burkina Faso, previously the French colony of Upper Volta, is one of the world’s least […]

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Russian Security Council Secretary Arrives In Iran For Talks

BRICS, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

BREAKING NEWS: Wednesday August 7Vladimir Putin has reportedly told Iran to avoid civilian casualties in any retaliatory attack on Israel for the assassination of the Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.  Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s Security Council Secretary, has arrived in Iran for discussions with Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Ahmadian, and the Chief of

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Venezuela Oil

Venezuela Suggests Transferring Its US Energy Contracts To The BRICS Countries

BRICS, Energy, Trade

Venezuela could transfer the development rights to its vast oil and gas fields that are currently operated by American energy companies to entities from BRICS nations, President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday. Maduro is currently facing pressure from Washington following contested elections, with Washington recognising his opponent as the legitimate President. Venezuela is also a

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Russia – Libya Bilateral 2024 Relations: Update

Africa, Energy, Trade

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Taher al-Baour, the Acting Foreign Minister of Libya, in New York on the sidelines of the UN Security Council’s open debate on multilateral cooperation on July 16. During the discussion on the developing situation in Libya, Lavrov underscored Moscow’s  unchanging intent to keep on supporting sustainable stabilisation of

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Xi, Putin, Want Pricing Agreement On Power of Siberia 2 “As Soon As Possible” and Instruct Gazprom and Sinopec To Make A Deal

China, Energy, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana yesterday (July 3), and have instructed the two countries’ responsible companies to agree on the terms of gas supply via the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline “as soon as possible,” according to Russian Deputy

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small modular nuclear plant

Russia Leads The Way In Global, Small Nuclear Power Reactor Exports

Africa, Energy, Infrastructure, Investment

Update: June 23  Niger, in West Africa, has just withdrawn the operating licence for France’s Oranco uranium mine in the country. France is heavily reliant on the mine to support its own nuclear energy programme. Niger is likely to redirect this facility to Russia, and if as expected it does so, will signal another trend

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Sabetta Seaport To Expand Cargo Terminal Due To NSR Demands

Energy, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

The Russian government is to expand the Arctic Sabetta seaport in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) for the construction of a cargo terminal. The new terminal will be able to receive 1.6 million tonnes of various cargo per annum and contribute to the development of the Northern Sea Route. Sabetta seaport will include

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