Author: Steven Sahiounie

Deposits geographically closer to Asian markets are a priority, Aleksandr Kozlov has saidRussia plans to boost geological exploration for hydrocarbons, including natural gas, in the Far East, as it seeks to reorient energy exports to Asia amid Western sanctions, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Aleksandr Kozlov said on Tuesday.In an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel, Kozlov stressed that boosting energy trade with Asia, and China in particular, would guarantee Russia a reliable market for its oil and gas.“We have set a priority for ourselves in geological prospecting and exploration and in aiding the search for mineral resources, particularly hydrocarbons,…

In the company has any practical interest in our bows, Igor Dodon saidCHISINAU, December 28. /TASS/. Russian gas giant Gazprom has never put forward any political preconditions during talks on gas supplies to Moldova, Moldovan ex-president Igor Dodon told TASS on Tuesday.Dodon, who currently heads the Moldovan-Russian Business Union, commented on latest remarks by Moldovan Parliament Speaker and the ruling party leader Igor Grosu, who claimed that the Russian gas company reduced its gas supplies to Moldova “to force its government to bow [before Gazprom].””During my tenure as the president, and prior to that as the deputy prime minister in…

A sentence of life imprisonment was requested by Prosecutor Maria SemenenkoMOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. The Moscow City Court sentenced former senator from the Karachay-Circassian Region Rauf Arashukov and his father, ex-advisor to Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, Raul Arashukov, to life imprisonment for organizing the murder of two people and stealing 4.4 billion rubles worth of natural gas.”The court ruled to sentence Arashukov Rauf and Raul to life imprisonment,” Judge Yelena Guchenkova proclaimed.The court also ruled that 12 million rubles be seized from the defendants and used as compensation to the families of the victims.Earlier, the jury found the defendants guilty of establishing…

Last week, Vladimir Putin told reporters about the intention to sign the decree on tit-for-tat measures against the price ceiling for Russian oil introduced by the West on December 26-27December 27, 2022MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. The Kremlin will inform when Russian President Vladimir Putin will sign the decree on tit-for-tat measures against the Russian oil price cap set by the West, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS.”We will inform when it is signed,” Peskov said, answering a question whether such decree is signed today.Last week, Putin told reporters about the intention to sign the decree on tit-for-tat measures against the…

The next year will be fairly challenging from Russia from the standpoint of finance and the deficit budget, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov said on the air with the Rossiya-24 TV Channel.”The next year will be rather tough for us in terms of finance. That is, we set the deficit budget for the next year; we understand amounts of borrowing. All of that was agreed with the Bank of Russia, and this task, this financial framework – it exists, and [it] exists in a fairly rigid format. This rigid format anticipates strict prioritization of expenses and projects,” Belousov said.”The…

The heating season in Europe began on November 14, and since that moment, the EU countries have taken 15.42 billion cubic meters of gas from storage facilities. Gas reserves in underground storage facilities (UGS) of the European Union again exceeded 90 billion cubic meters amid a record gas pumping.Gas pumping continues to be more than 2 times higher than withdrawal from UGS, which is at an all-time low for the end of December. Temperatures above the climate norm have led to a noticeable decrease in gas consumption in Europe and a rapid drop in prices, and the current week is…

Earlier, IKEA said it planned to choose one of the four potential buyers. IKEA, a Swedish manufacturer of furniture and home accessories, plans to reach an agreement with potential buyers of its enterprises in Russia by the end of the year, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov told TASS in an interview.”Currently, IKEA representatives continue to negotiate with potential buyers of their enterprises,” he said. “IKEA is poised to reach a framework agreement with the buyer or the buyers by the end of the year.”Earlier, IKEA said it planned to choose one of the four potential buyers by January 2023.…

Aurus is the first Russian luxury car brand, which started to be built in 2013 under a contract with the Industry and Trade Ministry. Rusklimat, a Russian manufacturer of various climate control devices, may use the Aurus brand for its products, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov told TASS in an interview, adding that it may also be used for clothes, business jets and yachts.”In fact, lots of companies are eager to get the right to use the Aurus umbrella brand for their products. For example, the Rusklimat manufacturing company has signaled its intention to do so. They want to…

This year in tech, too much happened and very little of it made sense. It was like we were being controlled by a random number generator that would dictate the whims of the tech industry, leading to multiple “biggest news stories of the year” happening over the course of a month, all completely disconnected from one another.I can’t stop thinking about a very good tweet I saw last month, which encapsulated the absurdity of the year — it was something along the lines of, “Meta laid off 11,000 people and it’s only the third biggest tech story of the week.”…

While NASA’s Artemis missions—which aim to return astronauts to the moon and eventually to Mars—may be top of mind for the agency’s innovation this year and in the future, NASA explored other innovations in 2022.Some of these innovations will help with the Artemis missions. For example, the agency’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment—or CAPSTONE—spacecraft is testing a desired orbit around the moon. It is also a demonstration to showcase the reliability of new technology for missions in the future, such as a navigational software, and a way for the CAPSTONE spacecraft to determine its position without having…