PipeChina, the operator of the East Route pipeline that carries Russian natural gas from Siberia to eastern China, has said that the pipeline has now been completed, and will soon be fully operational. The 5,111 km cross-border pipeline is now entering its final commissioning phase, while the southernmost section, linking Jiangsu Province with Shanghai is […]
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Kamal Madbouly has announced the successful installation of a key safety component—a “melt trap”—at the fourth and final unit of the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant. The project, located in the north of the country, is being built in collaboration with Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom. Madbouly hailed the milestone as
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Khartoum’s energy minister has said that the Russian engineering firm Power Machines will supply turbines and modernize key power facilities, to upgrade Sudan’s national hydropower infrastructure. Mohi-Eddin Naeem Mohamed Saeed said that under the deal, Power Machines will supply new turbines for the Merowe hydroelectric power plant in northern Sudan and modernize several other key
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The BRICS countries have drafted a special memorandum for partnership on carbon markets and it is expected to be signed before the end of 2024, according to Nikita Kondratyev, the director of multilateral economic cooperation and special projects at Russia’s Economic Development Ministry. He was speaking during a session at the UN COP29 climate conference,
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Aiyana Research, a specialist, global energy research house has released a PDF detailing the Russian State-Owned Nuclear Power company, Rosatom, and its investments and completed projects during 2024. This details all Rosatom’s confirmed investments during the period and includes specific data on Nuclear Power Plants (NPP), Floating Nuclear Power Plants, (FNPP) Nuclear-powered Icebreakers and other
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International cargo transit along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has already reached a volume of 3 million tonnes, exceeding 2023’s figures by 40%, according to Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom. He was speaking during the launching ceremony of Russia’s latest nuclear icebreaker, “Chukotka”. The vessel is Russia’s fifth nuclear-powered icebreaker, with Russia the only
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In a push to deepen India-Russia ties, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov and India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will co-chair the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical, and Cultural Cooperation (IGC-TEC) meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday (November 12) in an event announced by the Russian embassy. The two sides will focus
Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, held several bilateral one-on-one meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Madagascar, Togo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Burundi, Guinea and Namibia on the sidelines of the first Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum. The meetings took place in Sochi, between November 8 – 11. We provide a brief introduction to
The Russian Central Bank has announced that the value of Russia’s gold holdings has surpassed US$200 billion for the first time, while bullion’s share in the country’s international reserves increased to 32.9%. Russia increased the value of its gold holdings by almost 4% last month, breaking the record set in the previous September. In the
The Kaliningrad Amber Combine (KAC), which operates a chain of Amber-specific jewelry stores in Russia, has opened an outlet in Shenzhen, China, and is looking at the same in Hong Kong. The company will operate under a franchise agreement with the Chinese company “Shenzhen Hudafu Jewelry”. The store, which has an area of 115 square
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