28-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — “I consider the detention of Uralkali CEO Vladislav Baumgertner in Minsk on 26 August to be an outrageous act. Economic disputes and various differences which often arise in the course of business should not be dealt with in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Government, Industrial, Law, Metals and Minerals, Russia, Society
Tagged Alexander Voloshin, Belarusian Potash Company, Berezniki, immediate release of Mr Baumgertner, Mr Baumgertner, Perm Region, Potash Dispute, potash producer, Solikamsk, Uralkali, Uralkali CEO, Uralkali CEO Vladislav Baumgertner detention, Vladislav Baumgertner, Александр Волошин, Владислава Баумгертнера, Уралкалия
26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — CapMan Russia II, a fund managed by CapMan, has made its first investment in MAYKOR – the leading Russian IT outsourcing service provider. The investment is made jointly with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development … Read the full press release
Joint investment with the Russian Direct Investment Fund and CapMan Russia II Fund 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBRD has joined forces with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the CapMan Russia II Fund, a private equity fund in which the … Read the full press release
26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — MAYKOR, a national-scale group of companies that provides services and outsourcing of IT and building utility systems, and IKEA MOS (Torgovlya i Nedvizhimost) LLC executed a three years long contract for technical maintenance of fire protection equipment in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Retail, Russia, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Andrey Panagushin, fire protection equipment, fire protection equipment technical maintenance, IKEA MOS (Torgovlya i Nedvizhimost) LLC, IKEA Shopping Centres Russia, MAYKOR, MEGA Family Shopping Center, Russian IT outsourcing group MAYKOR, Samara
Moscow, 23-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — JSC “Aeroflot” summed up financial results for the first 6 months of 2013 in accordance with Russian Accounting Standards (RAS). Income statement Revenue of JSC “Aeroflot” in the first 6 months of 2013 totaled 92.014 bln rub., … Read the full press release
23-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Viktor Zubkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom, Chairman of the Management Committee – Director General of Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo and Alexander Dyukov, Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprom Neft signed today at the Gazprom headquarters an Agreement regarding the installation of natural gas vehicle fueling units at Gazprom … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Russia, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alexander Dyukov, compressed natural gas, Gazprom, Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo, Gazprom Neft, Gazprom Neft 1300 filling stations, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas, natural gas vehicle fueling units, NGV market development, Viktor Zubkov
LEMMINKÄINEN BUILDS A 46-HOUSE RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE CITY OF ISTRA IN THE MOSCOW REGION 22-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Lemminkäinen will build a 46-house residential area in Istra in the Moscow region. The construction contract was awarded to Lemminkäinen by the Russian … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 20-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Rostelecom OJSC (the “Group”) (MICEX – RTS: RTKM, RTKMP; OTCQX: ROSYY), Russia’s national telecommunications operator, today announces that it has commercially launched the first segment of its 3G+ mobile network in St Petersburg. Rostelecom’s new … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Russia, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 3G+ mobile network in St Petersburg, AKOS CJSC, BWC CJSC, ETK CJSC, HSPA+ technology, Larisa Tkachuk, NCC CJSC, Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, Sky Link CJSC, St Petersburg, St Petersburg 3G+ mobile network, Volgograd-GSM CJSC, Wireless Information Technologies LLC
Kassel, 06-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A competitor of our Potash and Magnesium Products business unit – Russian Uralkali – has today announced its exit from the sales organisation BPC which it jointly operates with the Belarusian Belaruskali. The company wants to market its products … Read the full press release
05-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — LUKOIL has begun building a new pipeline to transport associated petroleum gas (APG) from the Kokuyskoye field to the LUKOIL-Permneftegazpererabotka gas processing plant. The pipeline is 105 kilometers long, and its capacity is one billion cubic meters per year. … Read the full press release
30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed two separate long-term loans today, which will provide up to €190 million for the construction by Kronospan – a privately held global leader in the wood-based panels … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Construction, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Russia
Tagged Bashkortostan Republic, BELARUS, EBRD, Forest Stewardship Council, forestry sector, Kronospan, long-term loan, low quality wood, Mogilev Special Economic Zone, oriented strand board, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, RUSSIA, sustainable forest management, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, wood-based panels, wood-based panels market
30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — VTB Bank has issued a bank guarantee worth RUB 504 million to Sibneftegeofizika Company and has set a credit limit of RUB 250 million. The guarantee secures the implementation of commitments under a state contract with the … Read the full press release
25-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Rusatom Overseas has joined the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), the trade association for the UK’s civil nuclear industry. The NIA represents more than 260 companies across the UK’s civil nuclear supply chain. It has two key roles: … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Russia, United Kingdom
Tagged civil nuclear industry, Dzhomart Aliev, Keith Parker, low-carbon future, nuclear energy, Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), Rusatom Overseas, UK Nuclear Industry Association, UK-Russia Energy Dialogue, UK’s civil nuclear supply chain
25-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On the 22nd of July a representative delegation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam headed by Deputy Minister of Science and Technologies Tran Van Tung paid a visit to the National Research Nuclear University MEPHI. The foreign guests’ … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Russia
Tagged IAEA, National Research Nuclear University MEPHI, NRNU MEPHI, nuclear industry personnel training programs, nuclear power infrastructure, O.V. Nagornov, P.A. Zdorovtsev, ROSATOM, RUSSIA, Tran Van Tung, Vietnam, Vietnam delegation, Ye.V. Chernov
Amsterdam, 22-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — “VimpelCom Ltd.” (“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NYSE:VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications services, today announces that it plans to publish its operating and financial results for the second quarter of 2013 on August 7, 2013, … Read the full press release
19-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Already present in the habitat and construction markets in Russia through its Industrial Mortars and Insulation businesses, Saint-Gobain has just started production at its first plasterboard plant in the country. The new site – which also contains … Read the full press release
Evry-Courcouronnes, France, 18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Claude Poulain is the new Chairman and CEO of PowerJet, decision made by the board of directors who met on July 8th at Snecma’s headquarters (Safran). He replaces Jacques Desclaux who is taking up other duties. … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Management, Russia, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged appointment, CEO, Chairman, Claude Poulain, NPO Saturn, PowerJet, Safran, Snecma
Signed memorandum of understanding on cooperation in environmental finance Cooperation between two partner banks of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) 18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today KfW and the Russian state corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank, VEB) … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Russia
Tagged climate protection, Dr. Ulrich Schröder, energy-efficient modernisation, environmental finance, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, IDFC, International Climate Protection Initiative, International Development Finance Club, KfW, KfW Group, Vnesheconombank, waste management
Krasnodar, 18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — OJSC “Magnit”, Russia’s largest retailer (the “Company”; MICEX and LSE: MGNT), is pleased to announce the opening of the 140th hypermarket of a medium format. Please be informed that today the Company has opened its 140th hypermarket of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Retail, Russia
Tagged hypermarket, Krasnodar, Magnit, retailer
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