In January-August the network of Russian Railways loaded 809.6 million tons, up by 168%, the company’s press center says. In the reported period the railways shipped the following goods: 214 million tons of coal (up by 3.2% YoY); 7.7 million tons of coke (+2.75%); 156.6 million tons of crude and oil products (-7.5%); 73.2 million…
Russia does not see a necessity to limit oil production at current prices, but is open for discussion, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said. “We are always open for discussion, for monitoring the situation, everything will depend on whether there is feasibility”, he said. “In my opinion, now prices are at around $50 (per barrel) –…
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation proposes to zero down the export duties on wheat from September 15, the draft decree of the Government of the Russian Federation “On Amendments to the rates of export customs duties on goods exported from the Russian Federation outside the member-states of the Customs Union” says. The…
According to the official statistics figures, in 2015/2016 MY (August-July) Russia produced 334.2 thousand tons of crude rapeseed oil, down by 21% compared with the season-2014/2015 (424.7 thousand tons). Most Federal Districts faced the downward trends in production, and only the Volga District demonstrated the growth rates (up by 13%; to 19.8 thousand tons), and…
There is a chance to privatize Russian oil major Rosneft by the end of the year, presidential aide Andrei Belousov reported. “In accordance with the schedule we should have time to do this”, he said. Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said in late August that the government might have no time to privatize 19.5% in…
Russia’s international traffic fell by 26.6% in July to 3.6 million passengers, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia. Total international and domestic traffic reached 10.1 million, down by 10.3% YoY. In January-July Russian airlines carried 48.2 million passengers, down by 8.2% YoY. International traffic dropped by 26.7% to 17 million, domestic increased by…
Production of ships at Russia’s Far Eastern shipyard Zvezda will start this year and the pilot order will be delivered in 2019, oil major Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said at a ceremony to launch the shipyard’s first stage. “A project to create a modern shipyard complex Zvezda, which moved under a full control of Rosneft…