The share of hard-to-recover oil in Russia’s reserves has reached 65% of the total volume, according to a draft 2030 strategy for development of the country’s mineral resource base released by the Federal Mineral Resources Agency. The total amount of oil in place under the A, B and C1 categories in Russia exceeds 18 billion…
Construction of a pipeline through Greece for supplies of Russian gas to Europe is a purely economic project and Athens is determined to implement it as soon as possible, Special Adviser to the Greek Prime Minister Dimitris Velanis said. “We will certainly go for implementation of the project. And Europe knows it”, he said. The…
The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) is prepared to help Azerbaijan expand the potential of agribusiness and make Azerbaijani agricultural products reach domestic and foreign markets, GCCA Vice President of International Programs Richard Tracy said. Tracy said he was impressed by some enterprises in Azerbaijan, adding that they fully met international standards, however, some businesses…
Kazakhstan’s economy attracted more than 1.3 trillion tenges in foreign investment in January-July, up by 25% YoY, Ranking.kz analytical service said in its report. In July alone 181 billion tenges were injected into Kazakh economy, up by 5.3% YoY. However, foreign investments in fixed capital accounted only for 28% of total investments. The highest share…
Ferryboat Baltijsk is planned to be returned to Ust-Luga-Baltijsk line in September, Andrei Moshkov, Deputy Director General of Rosmorport’s North-West Basin Branch referring to ferryboat operator Trans-Exim Ltd., said. Andrei Moshkov says the ferryboat’s engine is under repair. Ust-Luga – Baltijsk line was earlier serviced by three ferryboats: Baltijsk and Peterburg operated by Trans-Exim Ltd.…
Belarus’ foreign trade surplus totaled $64.3 million in January-July compared to a $974.3 million surplus in January-July 2015, the National Bank of Belarus said. The overall turnover of commodities and services in foreign trade shrank by 14.3% YoY in January-July to $32.874 billion. Exports of commodities and services reduced by 16.3% YoY to $16.469 billion,…
Russia’s recession is not over yet and the gross domestic product (GDP) growth will be limited to 1-1.5% over next five years even if oil prices are high, the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) said in a revised economic forecast until 2020. “The social and economic statistics for January-July shows that the recession is not…