Ukraine: Gazprom raises gas transit request

Russian gas giant Gazprom has increased its transit request through Ukraine to 277 million cubic meters daily, Maxim Belyavsky, spokesman for gas pipeline system operator Ukrtransgaz, said in a Facebook post. “A daily order for transit of 277 million cubic meters has arrived from Gazprom today. As far as I remember, this is the highest…

Russia: 60 cruise ships bring 26,000 passengers to Saint-Petersburg

60 cruise ships were serviced at the embankments of Saint-Petersburg in the navigation season of 2016. Those vessels brought to the city 26,000 cruise passengers, Andrei Mushkarev, Chairman of Saint-Petersburg Committee for Tourism Development, reported. According to him, FSUE Rosmorport is planning to reconstruct the landing stages at Angliyskaya and Lieutenant Shmidt embankments. (Portnews/Business World…