Russia is negotiating with Myanmar to supply energy, Major General Zo Min Tun, an official with the ruling State Administrative Council, told Bloomberg.
According to him, Myanmar hopes for a «reasonable price» for Russian fuel and expects to use it to cope with a shortage of electricity, due to which millions of citizens receive only four hours of electricity a day.
On Thursday, the head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, arrived in Myanmar and held talks on «cooperation in the energy sector,» Zo Min Tun said. Russia, he said, agreed to help with technology and specialists to restart the oil refineries that had risen after the coup.
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The buyers of Vorkutaugol were businessman Roman Trotsenko and ex-head of A1 investment company Andrei Tyasto. Before the deal, Trotsenko agreed to cede control of their joint company to Tiasto.
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More than 50 people were killed in an explosion at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Reuters reports, citing a statement by the imam of the mosque.
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Said Gutseriev, the main beneficial owner and member of the board of directors of the M.Video-Eldorado group, reached an agreement with unnamed Russian entrepreneurs to sell the company’s shares, the company’s press service reported.
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Prosecutors raided the Deutsche Bank office in Frankfurt, the bank is suspected of late notification of transactions that could be money laundering. Earlier, the German regulator urged the bank to strengthen controls
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Estonia and Finland have agreed to lease a floating LNG terminal with a regasification capacity of at least 30 terawatt hours per year. Its cost will be divided in proportion to the amount of gas consumed by states
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Uniper will continue to pay for Russian gas supplies in euros, the company said. It believes that it is possible to find a compromise payment option that will suit both the EU and Moscow
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Zelensky proposed to Europe a scheme for exchanging electricity for gas. Kyiv would like to receive gas from Europe and supply its own electricity there, which is generated in large volumes. At the end of February, Ukrenergo asked residents of the country not to save electricity because of its surplus
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In Vinnitsa, a monument to the writer Maxim Gorky was dismantled, which stood in the Central Park named after Nikolai Leontovich.
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The Austrian authorities froze the real estate of the State Duma deputy from the United Russia party Andrei Gorokhov in Vienna and Carinthia in connection with anti-Russian sanctions, according to Profil magazine and the ORF television and radio corporation.
According to the Austrian media, Gorokhov is the owner of an apartment in the 19th Vienna municipal district, on the outskirts of the Austrian capital, as well as a penthouse on Lake Wörthersee in Carinthia. The country’s Land Registry says the assets were frozen under the Sanctions Act. This also means that they cannot be sold.
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Politico reports that Germany backed a ban on uranium imports from Russia
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Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany and the United States demanded that all their citizens leave Moldova and Transnistria as soon as possible.
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The legendary German tennis player Boris Becker was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for hiding assets after being declared bankrupt. At the same time, the jury acquitted the former athlete on 20 other charges, including due to the fact that he did not pass numerous awards.
Boris Becker is the winner of 49 ATP tournaments in singles. During his career, he, according to some sources, earned about 22 million euros. A divorce from his first wife, problems with the tax authorities and a series of unsuccessful investments led to Becker’s bankruptcy.
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Poland obliged NOVATEK, whose assets were frozen due to local sanctions, to provide access to its gas infrastructure to Polish state-owned companies. Due to the freezing of assets, NOVATEK stopped deliveries of fuel to the country.
Poland’s PGNiG, PSG and Gaz-System will now supply natural gas to customers in areas affected by the shutdown. At the same time, NOVATEK formally remains the owner of the infrastructure.
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British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe offered Roman Abramovich £4.25bn ($5.3bn) for Chelsea Football Club. If the deal goes through, it will be a record for world sports, writes WSJ.
The condition for the sale of Chelsea FC is the transfer of funds to help Ukraine — at least 2.5 billion pounds. A smaller part of the amount will go to support the club, Abramovich himself will receive nothing
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Bulgaria cancels all sanitary protocols at the entrance from May 1, according to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia. To enter Bulgaria, you will need either a Bulgarian national visa, a valid multiple entry Schengen visa, or a Croatian, Cypriot or Romanian national visa.
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The Munich authorities approved the holding of Oktoberfest. The world’s largest beer festival and folk festival will take place for the 187th time from September 17 to October 3 and is expected to be without any restrictions, writes Süddeutsche.
That such events are possible again has already been demonstrated by other cities in Bavaria where similar folk festivals take place, such as the Würzburg Spring Festival or festivals in Augsburg and Nuremberg. Preparations for national holidays are in full swing throughout Bavaria.
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Finnish food manufacturer Raisio has signed an agreement to sell its Russian subsidiary Raisio Nutrition LLC to Copacker Agro.
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Qiw plc in the fourth quarter of 2021 reduced its total net revenue under IFRS by 12.1% to 5.484 billion rubles, the group said.
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Pakistan’s Climate Change Minister Sherri Rehman urged authorities to take precautionary measures to deal with the unprecedented heat wave, Channel News Asia reported on Friday.
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China’s Manned Flight Program Administration (CMSA) has recognized the first phase of construction of the Tiangong National Orbital Station as successfully completed, according to a statement published on the administration’s website.
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German Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner called for the end of state support for former chancellor Gerhard Schröder (head of the German government 1998-2005) because of his business ties with Russia. Schroeder’s office costs the German budget hundreds of thousands of euros.
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The Finnish data center of Yandex was disconnected from the power supply, now it is powered by a diesel generator. Earlier, the energy company Nivos Energia Oy announced that it would shut down an IT company if it falls under sanctions.
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The Joe Biden administration has asked Congress for permission to remove the requirement for proof of employment for some US work visa applicants from Russia.
In particular, the United States expects to recruit masters and advanced degree holders with experience in semiconductors, space technology, cybersecurity, advanced technologies and computer systems, nuclear technology, artificial intelligence, rocket engine development, and other areas.
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According to NASA, on April 28, an asteroid with a diameter of 350 to 780 meters flew past the Earth at a speed of over 37 thousand km / h. The asteroid has approached the Earth by 3.2 million km (more than 8 distances to the Moon), which makes us consider it a potentially dangerous object for our planet.
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China has launched five Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D series satellites into Earth orbit for remote sensing of the planet’s surface, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Saturday.
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