Source link Exports from the country’s major ports surged to 3.95 million barrels a day in the week to April 14, data is showing Maritime exports of Russian crude almost climbed to a year-on-year high in the second week of April, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, adding that flows from the country’s major ports were near […]
Source link Kiev’s refusal to acquiesce has seen tensions rise between Ukraine and its top backer, the paper claims, citing anonymous US officials The US has on multiple occasions asked Ukraine to stop targeting Russian oil refineries with its drones, the Washington Post claims, citing anonymous American officials. Kiev has reportedly ignored those requests, thus […]
Source link Everyone involved in the March 22 massacre will be held accountable, Nikolay Patrushev has said Russian investigators have confirmed that there is a link between the perpetrators of last month’s terrorist attack in Moscow and Ukrainian nationalists, the secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev has said. He reiterated Moscow’s suspicions about […]
Source link Russia does not station heavy weapons at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told reporters on Monday. Moscow and Kiev have been accusing each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear plant, which sits close to the front line. Kiev and its Western backers have also […]
Source link People living in high-risk areas must evacuate immediately, the governor of Kurgan Region has said Russia’s Kurgan Region, located on the country’s border with Kazakhstan, is braced for a major flood as water levels are rising rapidly in the Tobol River. Governor Vadim Shumkov urged local residents living in flood-susceptible areas of the […]
Source link The country is stepping up controls on illegal immigration in the wake of last month’s terrorist attack near Moscow The Russian region of Crimea has banned foreigners from working in certain industries due to an influx of illegal immigrants, the press service of local Governor Sergey Aksyonov has announced. According to a decree […]
Source link Expropriating frozen funds would have long-ranging legal ramifications, experts warn The UK might not actually confiscate Russia’s immobilized assets despite political pledges to do so because such a step would violate the rule of law and lead to a litany of legal quandaries, according to sanctions experts cited by Politico in an article […]
Source link New Western sanctions against Russian metals are a weapon that cuts both ways, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. The US and UK have targeted Russian-origin aluminum, copper, and nickel, aiming to reduce Moscow’s export revenues. The “illegal” restrictions introduced last week will backfire on the countries that imposed them, Peskov claimed on […]
Source link Yury Borisov acknowledged that the technical issues encountered during the launch frayed many nerves The launch of Russia’s new heavy-lift rocket Angara-A5 was a major success despite technical issues that prompted several delays, Yury Borisov, the chief of national space agency Roscosmos, has said. The rocket blasted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in […]
Source link Austrian Energy Minister Leonor Gewessler has revealed a plan to eliminate the country’s energy reliance on Moscow in less than half a decade, the Kurier newspaper reported on Friday, citing the draft legislation. The sanctions imposed by the EU on Russia due to the Ukraine conflict do not target gas imports. Nevertheless, Russian […]
Source link The new sanctions could be a signal to Kiev not to engage in talks, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov has suggested The US decision to impose restrictions on Russian metals is an unreasonable move that will only boomerang, Moscow’s envoy to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, has said, suggesting that the new sanctions could be meant to […]
Source link A local official says such a move would further enhance Mali’s relations with Moscow, a state of affairs that has been decried in the West Mali is interested in using Russia’s Mir payments system, Badra Alou Coulibaly, the West African nation’s general controller of public services, told RIA Novosti in an interview published […]
Source link Washington and London have limited trading of Russian aluminum, copper and nickel on their exchanges Washington has banned the import of Russian-origin aluminum, copper and nickel into the United States, and coordinated with the UK to crack down on the trade of those metals on global exchanges. The decision will affect metals produced […]
Source link The water levels continue to rise in Orenburg after the levee holding back the Ural River broke The authorities in Orenburg in central Russia ordered mass evacuations on Friday as flood waters continued to rise after the levee holding back the Ural River broke last week. According to Orenburg Mayor Sergey Salmin, over […]
Source link Estonia wants domestic religious leaders to sever ties with the Moscow Patriarchate over the Ukraine conflict Estonia’s plans to label the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) as a “terrorist” organization are reminiscent of a medieval witch hunt, church spokesman Vladimir Legoyda has said. Earlier this week, Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Laanemets revealed that he […]