News Russia, China to build grain corridor with $160m border logistics hub China and Russia have agreed to invest in a “land grain corridor” to improve trade between the two countries, the South China Morning Post reports.
News Uganda says Russia and South Korea will build its nuclear power plants Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni said this week that Russia and South Korea would build two nuclear power stations in his country, the Anadolu news agency reports. He told the G-25…
News Russian sub maker developing undersea nuclear reactors A Russian submarine designer is working on a submersible nuclear power unit that can dive to a depth of 400m and provide energy to remote Arctic settlements, reports Strana Rosatom,…
News Unesco condemns Russian attack on historic centre of Odesa The United Nations’ culture, education, and science agency Unesco has strongly condemned Russia’s missile attack on the historic centre of Odesa, Ukraine, which is protected under the World Heritage Convention.…
News ‘At least a year’ to repair grain-port damage after Russian attack, minister says It will take “at least a year” to repair grain-terminal infrastructure at the Ukrainian ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk after Russian attacks last week, Ukraine’s minister of agrarian policy has…
News Turkey in talks with China, Russia, and Korea over more nuclear plants Turkey has entered into talks with China, Russia, and South Korea on possible deals to build the country’s second and third nuclear power plants (NPPs), and with the US and…
News ‘Squatting’ Russian diplomat won’t leave Australian embassy site An employee of Russia’s embassy in Canberra is refusing to leave the site of a planned new embassy in the capital after the Australian government terminated Russia’s lease on the…
News Australia blocks new Russian embassy next to Parliament Australia’s Parliament yesterday rushed through a law preventing Russia from building a second embassy next to Parliament House in Canberra on grounds of national security. Backed by opposition MPs and…
News Russia and Iran agree to build missing link in rail corridor between Baltic and Gulf Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi held a virtual meeting today to sign an agreement to finance, design and build a rail-based transport corridor between the…
News Finland starts erecting fence along Russian border Finland has begun erecting a 3km-long pilot stretch of its planned barbed-wire-topped fence along its border with Russia. Ground preparation began on 28 February and work on the pilot stretch…
News Hungary agrees new deal for two Russian reactors Hungary and Russia have reached a new agreement to add two VVER-1200 reactors to the Paks nuclear power plant, the Budapest Business Journal reports. The agreement modifies the original contract…
News Egypt approves Russia’s plan for third reactor at El Dabaa power station Russia’s state-owned nuclear engineer Rosatom has received permission from Egypt’s nuclear regulator to build a third reactor at the El Dabaa site on the Mediterranean coast, World Nuclear News reports. …
News China and Russia agree to build second rail bridge over the River Amur A railway bridge between China and Russia over the Amur river in southeast Siberia was approved last week, website RailFreight.com reports. The bridge will connect the city of Mohe in…
News Russia to invest almost $100bn in gas pipelines to China Russia’s deputy prime minister has said the construction of two gas pipelines from Russia to China will attract up to $94bn in direct investment, news agency TASS reports. Writing in…
News China’s BRI shuns Russia, Africa to favour smaller, safer projects China’s investment in its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) held steady at $68bn last year, according to a report by Shanghai’s Fudan University, but it has changed where it’s spending…
News Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan agree rail link Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan have agreed to establish a rail link through their countries giving Iran a direct rail connection to northern Europe, the Mehr news agency reports. Iran’s deputy…
News EU threatens to seize €300bn from Russia to rebuild Ukraine EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen today said the EU could seize €300bn of Russian Central Bank reserves and use it to rebuild Ukraine. A further €19bn of Russian…
Uncategorized Russian shelling leads to ‘12 hits’ at Ukraine’s biggest nuclear plant operator says Russian shelling over Saturday and Sunday resulted in 12 direct hits on structures at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Ukraine’s nuclear power company Energoatom said yesterday. Experts from the…