News Construction begins on Russia’s largest wind farm A division of Russian engineer Rosatom has begun work on a 300MW wind farm in the Republic of Dagestan in the northern Caucasus. The project will be carried out in…
News Russia seeks Zimbabwean construction workers as labour shortage bites Russia and Zimbabwe have begun talks about the African country sending people to Russia to work in construction. Russia faces severe labour shortages as casualties soar in its 33-month invasion…
News Russia, Iran again discussing railway to the Gulf Iranian and Russian officials have discussed a plan to build a rail link between Parsabad, a city on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan, and the Gulf port of Bandar Abbas. Iran’s…
News Russia promotes nuclear plant for proposed new Mongolian city Russia’s ambassador to Mongolia has told the Izvestia newspaper that he hoped Mongolia would order a nuclear power station for a planned new city, Nuclear Engineering International reports. Ambassador Alexey…
News Rebuilding Kharkiv: UK engineer wins international design contest A UK design engineer has won an international competition organised by the Norman Foster Foundation to create a masterplan for the reconstruction of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. It’s estimated…
News Poland to start building ‘East Shield’ against Russia this year The Polish government this week brought forward the start of construction on the country’s €2.3bn “East Shield” defence line along its eastern border intended to deter Russian attacks through either…
News Baltics and Poland ask EU to help pay for fortifications against Russia Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland have asked the EU to help them pay for new fortifications along their borders with Russia and its ally, Belarus. The defence ministers of the…
News Russia outlines plans to build 34 reactors by 2042 Russia’s main energy utility has published a draft plan for investment in energy over the next 18 years. This proposes the construction of 34 reactors, a figure that includes small…
News Mongolian development plans omit Russia’s new pipeline to China, which passes through it Fresh doubts have been cast over Russia’s proposed new gas pipeline through Mongolia to China after the newly-elected Mongolian government published its “Action Program” for 2024-28, prioritising medium and long…
News Lithuania builds base for 4,000 German troops amid Ukraine invasion Lithuania this week started building a 170-hectare military base to house some 4,000 combat-ready German troops about 20km from the border with Belarus, Russia’s close ally. The move comes in…
News China, Russia agree plan to build Moon base by 2035 Russia and China are planning five missions to the Moon to place modules on its surface and in orbit around it, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reports, citing a statement by…
News Dutch company pays €1.78m to end Crimean bridge prosecution Dutch construction equipment supplier Dieseko has agreed to pay €1.78m to settle a case brought by the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service (NPPS) for selling machinery and technical assistance to Russian…
News Rosatom makes six-reactor pitch during Modi visit Russia’s state-owned nuclear engineer Rosatom has taken advantage of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Moscow to propose building six reactors in India, Newsweek reports. While in Moscow,…
News Russia, North Korea make new plans to build first road bridge North Korea and Russia have agreed to build a road bridge over the Tumen River that marks their 17km-long border. The two sides agreed to the project during Russian president…
News Chinese energy engineer pulls out of Russia Chinese energy engineering firm Wison New Energies will discontinue all ongoing Russian projects and will “stop taking any new Russian business”, the company said in a LinkedIn post on Friday.…
News Russia, Guinea to consider floating nuclear power Russia and the West African state of Guinea have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on building floating nuclear power stations. Russian nuclear engineer Rosatom said the two sides…
News Russia to help Uzbekistan build nuclear power plants Russia will help Uzbekistan build two nuclear power plants, Uzbek news agency Kun.uz reports. The agreement was reached after Russian president Vladimir Putin met Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the president of Uzbekistan,…
News China agrees to finance Russia’s first Pacific gas terminal China will help pay for Russia’s first liquified petroleum gas (LPG) terminal on its Pacific coast, shipping news site Marine Link reports. The aim is to complete a project that…