Southern Military District artillery units of Russian army are using Takhion unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in an exercise in Dagestan in south Russia, the district’s press office said. The Takhion is a Russia-made mini-UAV developed to conduct reconnaissance missions in support for ground forces with a maximum range of 40 km. The Takhion can be…
DetailsRussia supplied Iraq with a new batch of the Mi-28NE “Night Hunter” military helicopters, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said. The statement also stressed that these helicopters “made a significant contribution in the Iraqi land forces’ fight against Daesh and the victory over terrorists in several operations”. “The Command of the Army Aviation has received another…
DetailsAccording to a source, Russia will deploy its Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea no earlier than October. Recent media reports regarding a planned early deployment are false, a source familiar with the matter said. “According to the combat training plan, Admiral Kuznetsov will set out on a long trip this fall, but…
DetailsSeparate elements of Russia’s sixth-generation fighter are already being tested on fifth-generation – Sukhoi PAK FA fighters (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation), Vladimir Mikheyev, advisor to the First Deputy Director General of Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET, a subsidiary of Rostec State Corporation) said. Back in early March reports stated that work on the sixth-generation…
DetailsRussia is building and reconstructing 10 military airfields in the Arctic, according to the Ministry of Defense. By making this move, the country aims to ensure its military security in the region. Russia’s Federal Agency for Special Construction (Spetsstroy) is currently developing infrastructure facilities on military bases and garrisons in the Far North, Far East…
DetailsAfter its successful use during Russia’s aerial campaign in Syria, the Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bomber is now set to carry even better weapons than those that made it the jihadist terrorists’ worst nightmare, Zvezda TV reported. During the Syrian campaign, the Su-34, very aptly designated by NATO as Hellduck, made effective use of its onboard…
DetailsThe government delegation of Laos offered participation in implementation of Laos-Vietnam pipeline construction project and development of a refinery in Laos, representative of the Russian Ministry of Energy said. “We are aware of Laos’ interest in participation of Russian companies in development of refining facilities in the country. The Laos government delegation held talks with…
DetailsIndustrial prices in Ukraine after a rise of 5.3% caused by the liberalization of the natural gas market by the Ukrainian government left unchanged in June, the State Statistics Service has reported. According to its data, in annual terms (compared to the same period of 2015) the growth of wholesale prices in June slowed to…
DetailsThe Indian Defense Ministry is working towards inking the final Research and Development design contract with Russia this year for the Indian “perspective multi-role fighter”, a variant of the Russian single-seat FGFA called Sukhoi T-50 or PAK-FA. India is also working on upgrading its existing Sukhoi-30MKI jets into ‘Super Sukhois’ with advanced avionics and weapons.…
DetailsIndia reports several troubles with the performance and maintenance of its MiG-29K/KUB (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-F) naval multirole fighters, as well as with Vikramaditya (former “Admiral Gorshkov”/Kiev-class) aircraft carrier. The fighters built by Russia’s RSK-MiG corporation (a subsidiary of the United Aircraft Corporation, Russian acronym: OAK) come short of Indian Navy`s (IN) requirements, a source…
DetailsIn 2015/2016 MY, the volume of grain exports from Russia totaled 33.894 million tons, an increase of 11.1% compared with the previous season (30.5 million tons), declared the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. According to the announcement, the wheat volumes formed 24.6 million tons from the reporting export volumes, barley – 4.23 million…
DetailsNatural gas stocks at Ukraine’s underground storage facilities after the completion of the 2015/2016 heating season have increased by 16.7%, or 1.4 billion cubic meters (bcm). While on April 6, 8.43 billion cubic meters of gas were in the underground storage facilities, on July 9, gas stocks amounted to 9.84 bcm (down by 19.4% YoY).…
DetailsUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko has invited Canadian businessmen to take part in the privatization process in Ukraine. “We have invited Canadian businessmen to take active part in the privatization process that would be transparent, effective and we have received relevant consent at the business forum”, Poroshenko said at a joint press conference with Canadian Prime…
DetailsIn January-June Boryspil International Airport (Kyiv), the largest airport in the country, increased its passenger traffic by 14% YoY, to 3.64 million people. Compared with the previous year the number of passengers who used the airport as an interchange hub doubled and amounted to 940 thousand. “In the first half of the year Boryspil airport…
DetailsBalt Flot 12, tanker of Project RST2, built by Nizhny Novgorod-based Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (United Shipbuilding Corporation) has been delivered to BF Tanker. The shipyard says the acceptance/delivery certificate was signed on July 7. Balt Flot 12 is the second tanker built for BF Tanker. The contract for construction and delivery of two tankers of…
DetailsAntonov State Enterprise (Kyiv), a leading Ukrainian designer and manufacturer of aircraft, seeks to expand the circle of partners under the imports replacement program during its participation in Farnborough International Airshow Trade 2016 to be held on July 11 through July 17, near London, the press service of the enterprise has said. “The main purpose…
DetailsThe enterprises of Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defense Industry) State Concern have provided the Ukrainian military with 1067 items of armament and military equipment. “Over the first six months of this year, the Ukrainian army has received 646 items of new and upgraded equipment. Most of them are rocket-artillery weapons, missiles, and ammunition. The military have also…
DetailsContest-rating “Wines of the Black Sea 2016” was held within the III Black Sea Forum of Winemaking in Sochi on June 29 – July 1, the results were announced on July 1.
The competition-rating had about 200 samples of wines from 11 countries. (Techdrinks/Business World Magazine)
Uralkali, one of the world’s largest potassium producers, has announced its production results for Q2 and H1 2016. Uralkali produced 2.5 million tons of potassium chloride (KCI) in April-June and 5.1 million tons of KCl in January-June. The company’s assets consist of 5 mines and 7 ore-treatment mills situated in the towns of Berezniki and…
DetailsAccording to the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ukraine has signed the Danube Declaration on inland waterway development. The Danube Declaration was adopted on June 7, 2012 in Luxembourg at Ministerial Meeting on the Danube affairs. Transport ministers and heads of delegations from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia adopted the Declaration. Countries-signatories of…
DetailsIn May Ukraine imported 11.8 KMT of palm oil against 7.7 KMT in May 2015. Slight reduction in this product imports was observed for the second consecutive month. In April Ukraine imported 14 KMT, and in March – 15.8 KMT. This reduction didn’t have a great impact on the season’s results. During the first nine…
DetailsAs of July 7, agrarians harvested 3.856 million tons of early grains and pulses throughout the areas of 1.11 million ha, or 12% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.47 t/ha. At the same time, on the same date in 2015 agrarians harvested 1.891 million tons of grains throughout 619 thousand ha, with the…
DetailsIn May Ukraine exported 111.9 KMT of barley compared with 111.15 KMT in May 2015. During July-May of season 2015/16 Ukraine exported 4308.6 KMT of barley, down by 3% YoY (4440.2 KMT). Market operators estimate that additional 50 KMT of barley were exported in June, while in June 2015 barley exports totaled only 3.12 KMT.…
DetailsOn July 1, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (the CMU) approved of a comprehensive plan for restructuring of national joint stock company “Naftogaz of Ukraine” in line with the new law “On the natural gas market” adopted by the Parliament on April 9, 2015. Naftogaz’s unbundling has been a key aspect of the Ukrainian…
DetailsHot weather and irregular rains accompanied by hail and thunderstorms in some regions were observed during last ten days of June. In some districts of the southern and central regions, where rains were the most intense, the daily maximum precipitation amount was sometimes higher than two-week norm. The average daily air temperature was 20-28 C…
DetailsAs of July 7, Tajikistan harvested 386.7 thousand tons of grain, up by 90.9 thousand tons YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture declared.
In 2016 the general planted areas of grain in the country totaled 311.2 thousand ha. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
In May palm oil purchases by Russian companies decreased to 55 KMT compared with the previous month (60.6 KMT in April). At the same time imports increased by 12.4 KMT compared to 42.6 KMT in May 2015. During nine months of the season 2015/2016 (September-May), palm imports to Russian Federation reached 708.4 KMT. It’s safe…
DetailsIn order to reach the announced plans of grain production at 120 million tons in 2020, Russian agrarians have to significantly expand the planted areas under grains, as well as increase the fleet of agricultural machinery and the application volumes of mineral fertilizers, the Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev declared. According to him, by 2020…
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