Russia’s MiG-31BM and Su-27 fighter jets have been put on alert for tactical flight exercises in the Tver Oblast in the country’s west, the Western Military District said. The fighters’ crews will perform tasks of intercepting aircraft violating the state border, electronic launches against cruise missiles and strategic bombers of the simulated enemy. (Russian Aviation/Business…
The Institute of Economics and Demography at the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan predicts that external factors will impact Tajikistan’s economy until 2019. “According to forecasts of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, the external factors will continue to affect the country’s economy in 2018-2019”, Lutfullo Saidmurodov, Director of the Institute of Economics and Demography,…
Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will boost their consumption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to 5 million tons per year by 2035, Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister Kirill Molodtsov said. “Currently the LNG market is the fastest growing and in this respect we expect the consumption of liquefied natural gas to reach around 5…
Construction of a joint Russian-Tajik enterprise for assembling Russian-made municipal vehicles will start in Dushanbe in the near future, Ravshan Tuichizoda, the deputy director-general of the State Unitary Enterprise “Khojagii Manziliyu Kommunali” (the central governmental agency responsible for water supply and wastewater services), said. According to him, specialists from the Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) developed…
2489988 tons of Azerbaijani oil were transported via BTC main export pipeline in June. 14930790 tons of oil were transported via this pipeline in January-June. In general, 307.6 million tons of oil have been pumped to BTC since the start of pipeline exploitation until July 1. In addition, overall 371.2 tons of Turkmen oil were…
Belarus and Burkina Faso intend to sign a contract for the delivery of 500 Belarusian tractors to the Burkina Faso market, Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vladimir Ulakhovich said. “Belarus-Burkina Faso trade is not so large. It is generally dominated by our agricultural mechanical engineering industry products. A large contract…
The recent events in Turkey have not affected the operation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline and the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline (South Caucasus Pipeline), says BP Azerbaijan, operator of pipelines in Azerbaijan and Georgia. “The events in Turkey have not had an impact on BP operations in that country”, the company said. “Oil pumping via…