The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) will lobby for a change in the route of the gas pipeline Power of Siberia-2 in order to preserve the UNESCO World Heritage Site Golden Mountains of Altai, WWF Russia’s extractive industry environmental policy officer Alexey Knizhnikov said. In 2015, Russia’s energy giant Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation…
Grain market participants are strongly interested in developing grain handling facilities in large ports and building their own logistic chains. From this viewpoint, Ukrainian grain handling segment is considered to be the most investment attractive and promising for investing. Three new grain-handling terminals were put into operation in Ukrainian seaports last season, which resulted in…
Tajikistan and Iran are considering the possibility of increasing the number of flights on the Dushanbe-Tehran air route. Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) has allowed Iranian airlines to increase flights to destination of Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Ali Abedzadeh and Tajikistan’s Ambassador to Iran Nematullo Emomzoda reportedly discussed this issue on July 28. They, in…
The World Bank will lend $250 million to Belarus for the reconstruction of the M6 Minsk-Grodno motorway. World Bank Country Manager for Belarus Young Chul Kim made the statement during the solemn ceremony held on July 29, to start the reconstruction of the M6 Minsk-Grodno motorway. Young Chul Kim mentioned that the reconstruction of the…
The National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz Ukrainy has turned to the European Commission asking it to consider setting up a transit monitoring mission to examine significant pressure drops in the Russian gas transmission system at the entry to Ukraine’s gas transportation system. “Naftogaz believes that the current situation requires comprehensive discussion involving representatives of the European…
The first Belavia aircraft bearing the World of Tanks livery has landed in the Minsk National Airport. Tanks represent the key component in the game. One tank is painted on the aircraft as an ornamental pattern. The aircraft itself is black with orange insets, a rare sight as well. Organizers of the event underlined that…
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) Consortium said that 14,000 pipes had already been delivered to Greece and Albania for the construction of the Trans Adriatic gas pipeline. This amount accounts for about 30% of all pipes that will be used for the pipeline’s construction. TAP project envisages transportation of gas from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz gas…