Russia’s Transport Ministry will prepare proposals to sale national flag carrier Aeroflot’s 75% minus one share stake in Rossiya Airlines by October 10, minister Maxim Sokolov announced. “I think that the deadline for that is set for October 10, in accordance with the government ruling”, Sokolov said. (Prime/Business World Magazine)
The Russian government will resume preparations for a sale of its stake in oil company Bashneft and has launched the sale of 19.5% in oil major Rosneft, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said. “After an additional study of the privatization issue of Bashneft and Rosneft, the government decided to restart preparations for the sale of…
Russia has set a new record in oil production by increasing output by 4% MoM to 11.11 million barrels per day (bpd) in September, Reuters reported on October 2, citing the latest data of the Energy Ministry. Bloomberg also reported citing the data that Russia’s daily production of natural gas increased by 5.15% YoY and…
Since the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, and as of September 28, the volume of grain exports from Russia totaled 9.436 million tons, down by 3% YoY (9.777 million tons), the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation declared, referring to the data of the Federal Customs Service of Russia. According to the announcement, the wheat…
As of September 1, Russian agro enterprises had 722.8 KMT of oilseeds, down by 94.2 KMT or by 11.5% YoY (817 KMT). In August oilseed stocks were 366 KMT higher. Agro companies had 245.4 KMT of sunseed, down by 29.4 KMT and by 10.7% YoY (274.8 KMT). In August sunseed stocks were 95.1 KMT higher.…
In 2017 Russia will keep the general grain harvest at the level expected for the current year – 113-116 million tons, the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev declared. In accordance with the State program, in 2017 it is planned to produce 107 million tons of grains. However, the Ministry will try…
Cancellation of the export duties on Russian wheat has to be unlimited, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich declared. According to him, the government canceled the customs duties for 2 years, but the officials do not plan to restore the duties at all. They requested grain exporters to set any possible…