Tag: Russia

August 9, 2022

RUSI looked at 27 Russian weapons systems used in Ukraine including cruise missiles, communication systems and electronic warfare complexes and found 450 unique components made outside Russia. Most were designed in the USA but 77 cane from Japan, Taiwan, South […]

July 27, 2022

Speaking to President Putin as reported by the Kremlin, Borisov said: “You know that we are working within the framework of international cooperation at the International Space Station. Undoubtedly, we will fulfil all our obligations to our partners, but the […]

July 17, 2022

Tanker owners in Europe are shipping as much Russian crude as possible before energy sanctions against Moscow take effect in December. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, Western nations have pledged to wean themselves off crude from Moscow and […]

June 13, 2022

Qatar tapped French oil giant TotalEnergies SE TTE -2.43%▼ as its first foreign partner in a $30 billion liquefied natural gas project, as the Persian Gulf emirate pledges to help Europe secure new supplies of gas as it weans itself […]

March 25, 2022

At least seven forest fires continue to burn around the Russian-held Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine, raising fears radionuclides could spread from the defunct facility. Earlier this week, the Ukrainian parliament issued a statement blaming the fires on shelling or […]

March 23, 2022

President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, and the wave of Western sanctions in response, is starting to hit Russia’s economic engine: Its prodigious oil-and-gas industry. The U.S. and Canada have barred the little Russian oil they import, while the European […]

March 17, 2022

The House of Representatives on Thursday voted 424-8 to suspend normalized trade relations with Russia, another step forward in the ongoing effort to inflict economic damage on Vladimir Putin and his regime for the unjustified invasion of Ukraine. Lawmakers also […]

March 2, 2022

Russia’s space agency raised doubts this week about its future involvement in the International Space Station, adding new uncertainty as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration makes plans to start winding down the research facility. Roscosmos is skeptical about continuing […]

February 23, 2022

In the midst of an uncertain future for America’s increasingly unstable relationship with Russia and China, some of the world’s largest exporters of rare-earth minerals, President Biden on Tuesday announced a multi-million dollar investment in a California-based rare earth facility, […]

February 23, 2022

Stellantis NV is prepared to shift or limit production in Russia if Western sanctions disrupt those operations, the auto maker’s CEO said Wednesday, a sign of how the car industry is navigating the fallout of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision […]

August 27, 2021

OPEC and its allies are expected to press on with their planned revival of oil production when they meet next week, as prices bounce back from their August stumble. The coalition led by Saudi Arabia and Russia gradually is restoring […]