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Oil and Gas

Russia’s oil output drops further below OPEC+ quota in January

Russia’s oil production in January reportedly fell further below its OPEC+ quota, indicating continued challenges in maintaining output levels. Sources, speaking anonymously because the data isn’t public, reported that Russia’s oil output in January fell to 8.962 million barrels per day—16,000 barrels below its OPEC+ target, according to Bloomberg. This decline could be linked to […]

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Russia vows to continue oil, gas projects amid US sanctions

Russia’s Foreign Ministry criticized new U.S. sanctions targeting its energy sector on Saturday, stating it would continue its major oil and gas projects. The ministry called them an attempt to damage Russia’s economy while risking global market stability and vowed Russia would respond to the U.S.’s “hostile” actions, which were announced on Friday, according to […]

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Russia halts gas export to Europe via Ukraine

Russian natural gas exports to Europe through Soviet-era pipelines via Ukraine were halted on New Year’s Day after a transit deal expired, with Moscow and Kyiv unable to agree on terms to resume the flow. The shutdown of Russia’s oldest gas route to Europe marks the end of a decade of tense relations, which began […]

Russia to launch free cancer vaccine by 2025
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Russia to launch free cancer vaccine by 2025

The Russian Ministry of Health has announced the development of a groundbreaking cancer vaccine, set to be distributed free of charge to patients starting in early 2025. The vaccine, designed to treat existing cancers rather than prevent them, is reported to slow tumor progression and reduce tumor size by 75-80%. Andrey Kaprin, head of the […]

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Why Google was fined outrageous amount – Russia

The Kremlin said Thursday that Russia’s huge fines imposed on Google were largely symbolic and designed to spur the internet giant into lifting restrictions on Russian YouTube channels. The total sum of legal claims against Google in Russia has reached two undecillion rubles, according to the Russian news outlet RBK, a figure higher than all […]

Cyberattack targets Russian state media on Putin's birthday
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Cyberattack targets Russian state media on Putin’s birthday

Russian state media company VGTRK, which oversees the country’s primary national TV stations, fell victim to a significant cyberattack on Monday, allegedly orchestrated by Ukrainian hackers, Reuters reported. Early reports indicated that VGTRK’s website was down, and its Rossiya-24 news channel was inaccessible online. An error message stating “503 Service Unavailable. No server is available […]

Nigeria to apply for BRICS membership - Minister
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Nigeria to apply for BRICS membership – Minister

Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister, Yusuf Tuggar, revealed during his three-day working visit to Russia that Nigeria plans to apply for membership in BRICS within the next two years. Tuggar, who engaged in talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, emphasized that Nigeria, as a deliberative democratic system, involves various interest groups and internal bodies in […]

Namibia orders Starlink to halt operations over unlicensed service
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Russia denies using Elon Musk’s Starlink

Russia stated on Monday that Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system could not be utilized in the country because it was neither formally given to Russia nor certified for use there. However, Ukraine stated that Russia has been utilizing Starlink for military communications in areas of Ukraine that it controls, according to information released on […]

Russia set to launch to Wikipedia rival Ruwiki
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Russia set to launch to Wikipedia rival Ruwiki

The Russian version of the well-known Wikipedia online encyclopedia, Ruwiki, is scheduled to be live on Monday, according to Russian media. According to the daily Kommersant, beta testing, or testing the website with a smaller audience, began in the middle of 2023, and there are supposedly more entries on Ruwiki than in the Russian-language section […]

Russia fines Zoom $1.18m for operating without office
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Russia fines Zoom $1.18m for operating without office

A Russian court fined Zoom Video Communications 115 million roubles ($1.18 million) on Tuesday for operating without setting up a local office, the RIA news agency reported. Moscow and global technology businesses have been at odds over content, censorship, data, and local representation in a long-running confrontation that erupted in February 2022 after Russia pushed […]

Russia to block VPN next year
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Russia to block VPN next year

A Russian lawmaker for the ruling United Russia party announced on Tuesday that Russia’s communications watchdog intends to prohibit Virtual Private Networks as of March 1 of next year. After President Vladimir Putin ordered soldiers into Ukraine in February 2022, Russia censored access to some Western social media, driving up demand for VPN services. On […]