Russian companies sign oil contracts for Iraqi oil (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
On Christmas Eve, the oil arm of Russian energy giant, Gazprom Neft, initialed a contract with the Iraqi government to develop the Badra oilfield in the south of the country. On December 29, Russia’s second-largest crude producer by output, LUKoil, will sign a framework agreement with the Iraqi Oil Ministry on the development of Iraq’s largest oilfield, West Qurna 2.
China, Russia shake hands in outer space (Asia News Network)
Mutual trust is crucial to the success of five upcoming joint space programs between China and Russia, experts said. First on the list is a study of the moon, Alexander Rodin, chief representative in China for the Russian Federal Space Agency, said yesterday in Beijing.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-12-25 16:12 Russia scraps Jan oil exports via Ukraine -trade (Interactive Investor)
MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) – Russia has fully scrapped its oil export plans via Ukraine in January and will have to divert some 0.5 million tonnes of crude meant for the port of Yuzhny to other destinations, traders said on Friday. Traders said Russian officials told oil firms, which had been due to ship crude from Yuzhny and included Rosneft , TNK-BP and Tatneft, to scrap the plans and that new …
Top Russian doctor accuses brewers of spiking beer (The Malaysian Insider)
MOSCOW, Dec 26 — Russia’s top drug and alcohol specialist accused brewers today of adding pure alcohol to their product, a charge rejected by firms in the latest spat between the industry and regulators. “In general, (Russian) beer and tinned low alcohol cocktails are a pure chemical weapon. Alcohol is added at a certain stage of production to make it stronger,” Russia’s chief narcologist …
Russian Foreign Ministry dissociates itself from statements of President of Chechnya about elimination of Ukraine (Unian)
The Foreign Ministry of Russia refuses to do anything with the statements of President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov about necessity to get rid of Ukraine as a problem.
Russia’s Aspirations in Mideast Are Unrealized (MalaysiaNews.net)
Russia as an important player in the Middle East: It would sponsor a peace conference in Moscow, invite all the major parties in the conflict and chaperone them toward a settlement. Yet despite regula…
Russia ranks 3rd according to inflation rate in Europe (RosBusinessConsulting)
RBC, 25.12.2009, Moscow 17:52:48. Russia’s inflation in January-November was third in Europe, lower only compared to that in Ukraine and Belarus, according to the Russian Federal State Statistics Service’s (Rosstat) report on the increase in consumer prices based on the publications by Eurostat.
Parties For Fair Georgia, United Russia to coop to restore ties (Itar-Tass)
TBILISI, December 25 (Itar-Tass) — The parties For Fair Georgia and United Russia “will cooperate to restore Georgian-Russian relations, the leader of the For Fair Georgia Party and the former prime minister, Zurab Nogaideli said at the Tbilisi airport upon return from Moscow on Friday.
Russian WWII monument to undergo repairs (UPI)
MOSCOW, Dec. 25 (UPI) — Russian officials said Moscow’s famed Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier will be moved to a temporary location for repairs.
Putin, Chavez discuss energy, Russian supplies (Itar-Tass)
MOSCOW, December 25 (Itar-Tass) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez on Thursday, the government press service said.
