Oil Tax Reforms to Be Set in Weeks
Sept. 19 – Oil tax reforms should be set shortly, a senior Exxon executive told reporters last Friday. Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft signed a major deal with ExxonMobil last month to drill for oil...
View ArticleRussia to Attract More Foreign Investment
Sept. 20 – Foreign investors are optimistic about Russia’s future attractiveness, according to Ernst & Young’s first Russia Attractiveness Survey published on the company’s web site. A total of 75...
View ArticleIMF Recommends Russia Undertake Economic Reforms
Sept. 22 – Russia must make fundamental changes to its fiscal and monetary policy in the next few years to reach stable economic growth and reduce the country’s vulnerability to external shocks, the...
View ArticleRussia to Review its Gas Contract with Ukraine
Sept. 28 – Russia has agreed to review its gas contract with Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Monday. “We have finally managed to reach an agreement with Russia on reviewing the...
View ArticleRussian Companies to Break into Brazilian Market
Nov. 8 – The Russian gas giant Gazprom opened an office in Rio de Janeiro last week, while another Russian oil producer TNK-BP announced an agreement to buy 45 percent of the Solimoes Basin project for...
View ArticleTalks Concerning Russian Pipeline through Korean Peninsula to Continue
Feb. 7 – North Korea’s new leadership supports an agreement on the proposed extension of a Russian pipeline into North and South Korea. Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s recently appointed 29-year-old...
View ArticleSinopec and Sibur to Produce Rubber in Krasnoyarsk
May 15 – China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and Sibur, the Russian petrochemicals group, have entered into a cooperation agreement to form a butadiene nitrile rubber joint venture in...
View ArticleRussia to Improve Access to Construction Permits and Energy Infrastructure
Jun. 14 – Two road maps to improve Russia’s investment climate, by addressing the construction sector and energy infrastructure in particular, have been approved by the cabinet. One of the road maps...
View ArticleZarubezhneft Discovers Offshore Oil Deposit in Vietnam
Jul. 19 – OAO Zarubezhneft, a Russian state oil producer, has discovered an offshore oil deposit in Vietnam, the company said in a statement earlier this week. The deposit is located in the area where...
View ArticleGazprom to Buy Gas in Brunei
Jul. 20 – Russian state monopoly (and the holder of the world’s largest gas reserves) Gazprom could begin purchasing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Brunei after 2013, when current contracts with its...
View ArticleMoscow to Restore Ties with Ankara Contrasting Public Opinion
By Marina Romanova Turkish president Recep Erdogan travels to St. Petersburg on coming Tuesday, August 9th, to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to restore two nations’ economic ties being...
View ArticleRussia Becomes World’s Largest Supplier of Crude Oil
Russia has taken over from Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest supplier of crude oil, according to the Riyadh based Joint Organisations Data Initiative. This development will benefit China's Silk Road...
View ArticleIMF Recommends Russia Undertake Economic Reforms
Sept. 22 – Russia must make fundamental changes to its fiscal and monetary policy in the next few years to reach stable economic growth and reduce the country’s vulnerability to external shocks, the...
View ArticleRussia to Review its Gas Contract with Ukraine
Sept. 28 – Russia has agreed to review its gas contract with Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Monday. “We have finally managed to reach an agreement with Russia on reviewing the...
View ArticleRussian Companies to Break into Brazilian Market
Nov. 8 – The Russian gas giant Gazprom opened an office in Rio de Janeiro last week, while another Russian oil producer TNK-BP announced an agreement to buy 45 percent of the Solimoes Basin project for...
View ArticleTalks Concerning Russian Pipeline through Korean Peninsula to Continue
Feb. 7 – North Korea’s new leadership supports an agreement on the proposed extension of a Russian pipeline into North and South Korea. Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s recently appointed 29-year-old...
View ArticleSinopec and Sibur to Produce Rubber in Krasnoyarsk
May 15 – China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and Sibur, the Russian petrochemicals group, have entered into a cooperation agreement to form a butadiene nitrile rubber joint venture in...
View ArticleRussia to Improve Access to Construction Permits and Energy Infrastructure
Jun. 14 – Two road maps to improve Russia’s investment climate, by addressing the construction sector and energy infrastructure in particular, have been approved by the cabinet. One of the road maps...
View ArticleZarubezhneft Discovers Offshore Oil Deposit in Vietnam
Jul. 19 – OAO Zarubezhneft, a Russian state oil producer, has discovered an offshore oil deposit in Vietnam, the company said in a statement earlier this week. The deposit is located in the area where...
View ArticleGazprom to Buy Gas in Brunei
Jul. 20 – Russian state monopoly (and the holder of the world’s largest gas reserves) Gazprom could begin purchasing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Brunei after 2013, when current contracts with its...
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