The Kerch Strait ferry line on August 1-7, transported 74,000 cars, 9,000 trucks and 333,000 passengers, the Russian Transport Ministry said. Passenger traffic on the line increased by 28% from the seven-month period in 2015, the number of transported passenger cars – by 27%, of trucks – by 65%. In the reporting period 37,254 passengers…
In January-June Russia exported 9.3 million tons of wheat and meslin valued at $1.63 billion, the Federal Customs Service of Russia declared. According to the announcement, the major volumes of wheat were traditionally shipped to far foreign countries – 8.94 million tons ($1.57 billion). In the reporting period, wheat import volumes to Russia totaled 331.4…
In 2016 Russia will harvest at least 110 million tons of grains, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Evgeny Gromyko declared. According to him, all factors support such forecast – both harvesting campaign rates, and the level of preparation in the regions. Alslo, Gromyko noted the growth of the average yield of…
Iran believes it is necessary to expand the energy cooperation with Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR, said Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh. Zanganeh made the remarks during a meeting with SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev in Baku on August 8. During the meeting, Abdullayev pointed to the rapid and successful development of Azerbaijani-Iranian relations, which…
Electricity consumption in Kyrgyzstan decreased, the National Electric Network of the Kyrgyz Republic JSC reported. According to recent reports of the central dispatching service of the company, in July distribution companies consumed 555.11 million kilowatt-hours. Last year, consumption was 570,599 million kilowatts. It should be noted that according to the decision of the government on…
Electric Stations JSC announced repeated tender for purchase of local coal for the Bishkek thermal power plant. The company failed to buy Kara-Keche fuel on the first try. Application received from “Kyrgyzkomur” SE was rejected because of violations in the documentation. The consortium members have put fake certificates on absence of debts to the Social…
Changes occurred in the management of Azerbaijan’s AGBank OJSC, and Tokay Alizade has left his post of deputy chairman of the bank’s board, the bank said on its website. This post remains vacant for now, according to the bank. Currently, the bank’s executive board includes Acting Board Chairman Afqan Jalilov, Director of Department of Financial…