Crews of the Caspian Flotilla ships and radiotechnical service held joint exercise on detecting surface and aerial targets, says press center of RF Defence Ministry. Podsolnukh, over-the-horizon radar, was operated during the exercise. Podsolnukh is capable of detecting naval surface and aerial targets at different altitudes within line-of-sight distance and beyond the horizon. Dagestan and…
The Belarus-Russian joint venture Brestgazoapparat plans to start building a transport and logistics hub worth Br4.784 million ($2.446 million) in October and is currently seeking a general contractor for the project. The closing date for applications is September 30. Brestgazoapparat is to launch the new logistics hub in May 2018. Brestgazoapparat is a group of…
The Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft has signed an engineering and advisory services contract with Oil India, the press service of the Belarusian company reported. Under the contract, Belorusneft will provide comprehensive technology-intensive services to rehabilitate the Digboi oil field, India’s oldest oil field. Industrial reserves of oil were discovered there back in 1889. As of…
Belarus’ investment potential was presented at the fifth China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, the capital city of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The opening ceremony of the expo was held on September 20. This year, Belarus participates in the expo as a guest of honor. This means that Belarusian exhibitors will enjoy the best locations and…
Belarus’ proceeds from exports of petroleum products to Poland grew 3.36 times YoY in January-July to $129 million, a source in the profile ministry reported. Belarus exported 367,216 tons of petroleum products to Poland in January-July, up 5.43 times YoY. Belarus exported 151,080 tons of petroleum products to Poland in 2015 (up 2.57 times YoY)…
Energy systems of Belarus and Ukraine on October 1, are due to change over to the practice of keeping hourly records of electric power exchange, Belarus’ energy industries concern Belenergo said in a release. Energy authorities of Belarus and Ukraine earlier signed a corresponding agreement, Belenergo explained. In 2016 Belarus plans to import electric energy…
Belarus’ retail turnover, including the public catering sector, went down by 2.9% YoY in January-August to 23.715 billion Belarusian rubles ($12.146 billion) in comparable prices, an official with the National Statistics Committee (Belstat) reported. Trade organizations accounted for 85.2%, and individual entrepreneurs and newly formed unitary companies accounted for the rest (14.8%). The trade turnover…