Super Bowl XLVIII, Soccer World Cup Among Special Events Targeted in 2014 Saint-Cloud, France, 30-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In preparation for the 2014 Winter Games, Dassault Aviation will deploy a dedicated technical support team to Sochi International Airport. The airport is adding … Read the full press release
When it is so cold outside that the temperature display does not go low enough, you are either in an apocalyptic Hollywood blockbuster – or in Novy Urengoy. Novy Urengoy, Russia, 30-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Over the past few days, the already … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Russia
Tagged Achimgaz, e minus 50 degrees, frosty temperatures, gas, Ingo Neubert, life freezes, Novy Urengoy, Wintershall, Но́вый Уренго́й
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 27-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — VimpelCom Ltd. (“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NASDAQ: VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications services, today announces changes to its Group Management. Philip Tohme, currently the Group’s Chief Technology Officer, has been appointed CEO of Djezzy, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Netherlands, Russia, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Algeria, Anja Uitdehaag, Djezzy, Dmitry Kromskiy, Jeff McGhie, Jo Lunder, Mikhail Gerchuk, Philip Tohme, Senior Management Changes, VimpelCom, Vincenzo Nesci
Cannes, France, 23-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed a contract with Russian operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) to build the Yamal-601 telecommunications satellite, which will provide fixed communications, broadcast and Internet access services. Thales Alenia Space … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 22-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — OAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) announced today that last two (out of four) new gas condensate stabilization trains with three (3) million tons per annum overall capacity were launched at the Purovsky plant resulting in … Read the full press release
St. Petersburg, Russia, 21-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The First Carton Plant, an enterprise within GS Group holding and the largest manufacturer of packaging in the Kaliningrad region, is to present its modern production of corrugated and molded packaging to European customers … Read the full press release
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 20-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — “VimpelCom Ltd.” (“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NASDAQ:VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications services, announces its financial calendar for the year of 2014. The Company aims to publish its earnings in 2014 at the following dates: … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Netherlands, Russia, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 2014 financial calendar, telecommunications services, VimpelCom
Rueil-Malmaison, France, 14-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Entrepose Contracting and VINCI Construction Grands Projets, both subsidiaries of VINCI, have been awarded a contract with JSC Yamal LNG, owned by NOVATEK (80 %) and TOTAL (20 %), to perform an engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, France, Infrastructure & Utilities, Russia
Tagged cryogenic full-containment liquefied natural gas, engineering, Entrepose Contracting, JSC Yamal LNG, LNG storage tanks, NOVATEK, procurement, storage tanks, Total, VINCI, Vinci Construction Grands Projets
Krasnodar, Russia, 9-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — OJSC “Magnit”, Russia’s largest retailer (the “Company”; MICEX and LSE: MGNT), announces the publication of the list of affiliated persons as of 31.12.2013. Please be informed that today OJSC “Magnit” has published the list of affiliated persons … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, Retail, Russia
Tagged affiliated persons, Dina Svishcheva, MGNT, MICEX, OJSC "Magnit", retailer, Timothy Post
Berezniki, Russia, 27-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — At the meeting held on 23 December 2013, the Board of Directors of Uralkali (LSE: URKA; the Company) took the decision to appoint Dmitry Osipov as the new General Director (CEO) of the Company, effective … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Industrial, Management, Metals and Minerals, Russia
Tagged Alexander Voloshin, appointed, CEO, Dmitry Osipov, potash, potash producer, Uralkali, Vladislav Baumgertner
Moscow, Russia, 26-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On December 20, 2013 a Russian 100% subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company and Morgan Stanley signed a binding agreement to purchase the Global Oil Merchanting unit of Morgan Stanley Commodities division. Financial terms of the … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 26-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Rosneft announces that it signed an agreement with NOVATEK to swap assets. 40% of shares in Artic Russia B.V. held by Rosneft will be swapped for 51% shares in Sibneftegas held by NOVATEK. The transaction … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 26-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Rosneft announces it repaid part of a loan obtained earlier from a group of international banks to finance the acquisition of TNK-BP. With the early repayment announced earlier, the overall amount paid towards the settlement … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Russia
Tagged early repayment, Igor Sechin, loan, Rosneft, ТNК-ВР Acquisition
BASF subsidiary Wintershallto increaseoil and gas production and exit gas trading and storage business Completion of the transaction expected mid-2014 Ludwigshafen, Germany / Moscow, Russia, 23-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today in Moscow, BASF and Gazprom signed the final agreement to swap … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Russia
Tagged Achimov formation, BASF, Dr. Kurt Bock, gas, gas storage, gas trading, Gazprom, Kassel, natural gas, oil, swap assets deal, Urengoi natural gas and condensate field, western Siberia, WIEE, WIEH, WINGAS, Wintershall, Wintershall Erdgashandelshaus Berlin, Wintershall Erdgashandelshaus Zug
Kesko Food today opened its fourth food store in the St. Petersburg area. In addition to the four stores already in operation, Kesko Food’s objective is to open three new large food stores in the St. Petersburg area by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Food & Beverage, Investment, Retail, Russia
Tagged food store, K-ruoka, Kari Heiskanen, Kesko Food, Oleg Buyalski, RUSSIA, St Petersburg, Ulitsa Marshala Govorova, Urkhov Pereulok 7A
Brussels, the capital of the European Union hosted today the opening ceremony of Gazprom’s representative office in the Kingdom of Belgium. Brussels, Belgium, 11-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Taking part in the opening ceremony were Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Anatoly Yanovsky, Deputy Energy Minister of the … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 11-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission approved the asset swap deal between Gazprom and Wintershall. The deal is supposed to increase Gazprom’s stakes in gas trading and storage companies of WINGAS Group to 100 per cent as well as in WIEH and WIEE – to 100 per cent. Gazprom will … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 11-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Aeroflot being General Partner of the XXII Olympic Winter Games leads active preparations for transportation to Sochi and expands the range of services available for visitors of the Games. Thus, during the Olympics, the airline will have a separate phone number … Read the full press release
MAYKOR, a national-scale company that provides IT outsourcing, facility systems service and business applications support, covers technical support of cash registers at the “Tolmachevo Airport” Corporation in Novosibirsk. Moscow, Russia, 09-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Cash registers located in Novosibirsk points of sale … Read the full press release
Copenhagen, Denmark, 04-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov has finalised a buy out of Riis Cycling A/S. Oleg Tinkov now is therefore the sole owner of Riis Cycling, the company behind the professional cycling team, which name has been changed … Read the full press release
Trieste, Italy, 29-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — During the Italy-Russia Business Forum, being held today in Trieste, Fincantieri announced, in the presence of Enrico Letta, Italy’s President of the Council of Ministers, and Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, the signing of … Read the full press release
Riga, Latvia, 27-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — For 4th time already CRN/RE (edition which is dedicated to IT business in Russia) has rated Russian IT distributors to name the best distributors for different customer categories – channels. The results of year 2013 rating … Read the full press release
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 26-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel today announced plans to optimize the manufacturing footprint of its Coil Coatings sites in Europe and Russia by concentrating production at three strategic sites. The company intends to improve operational performance by focusing all European … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden
Tagged AB Ghosh, AkzoNobel, coil coatings, Conrad Keijzer, Hilden, Lipetsk, Malmö, manufacturing footprint
Moscow, Russia / Zurich, Switzerland / Herzogenaurach, Germany, 22-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — One of the longest and most successful partnerships in modern sports marketing history will continue. Today, FIFA and adidas formally announced an extension of their long-term partnership agreement granting adidas … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Marketing, Russia, Sports, Switzerland
Tagged adidas, FIFA, FIFA events, FIFA World Cup™, Herbert Hainer, partnerships, Thierry Weil
Vilnius, Lithuania, 19-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, and Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, signed a 2013 Project Implementation Protocol, in Kazan today, as part of the cooperation agreement between the company and the republic’s … Read the full press release
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, 15-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Fokker Services, part of Fokker Technologies, and Rossiya Airlines have concluded an agreement covering the introduction of the Fokker Services’ EFB solution for iPad® on Rossiya Airlines’ A320 and B767 fleet. The Fokker Services EFB … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Internet & Online, Netherlands, Russia, Technology, Travel
Tagged Airbus A319, Airbus A320, An-148, Boeing 767-300, Fokker Services, Fokker Services’ EFB solution for iPad®, Fokker Technologies, Heino van der Laan, Most innovative MRO in 2013, Rossiya Airlines, Vladimir Ershov
VTB Bank and MultiService Payment System have started issuing PAYHD customs cards, which allow users to make electronic or online payments of all types of duties on the same day as the goods clear customs. Moscow, Russia, 14-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — PAYHD … Read the full press release
St. Petersburg, Russia, 13-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Technopolis GS has collected tons of paper waste launching a series of actions to promote sustainable business in Russia. GS Group, investor of Technopolis GS innovation cluster, supports and promotes the vision that coexistence of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Russia, Society, Technology
Tagged Anna Antimiichuk, First Carton Factory, GS Group, International Day Without Paper, Kaliningrad region, Kubanovka, paper waste, plastic, plastic waste, Pskov region, Recycled waste paper, Russian Federation, sustainable business, Technopolis GS
Moscow, Russia, 4-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On the occasion of the official visit of the French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Thales announces the signature of a Cooperation Agreement in the area of intense laser systems designed for scientific application. This agreement has … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 1-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — OAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) announced today the launch of the Eastern dome of the North-Urengoyskoye field developed by the Nortgas joint venture. Eighteen (18) production wells have been completed at the Eastern dome, and … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 31-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — OAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK” and/or the “Company”) announced today that first two (out of four) gas condensate stabilization trains with three (3) million tons per annum overall capacity were launched as part of a project for expanding … Read the full press release
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — “VimpelCom Ltd.” (“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NASDAQ:VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications services, announces that the Company will be added to the NASDAQ-100 Index® effective October 29, 2013. “NASDAQ-100 Index inclusion is an important milestone … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In October 2013, the FATF recognised that the Russian Federation had made significant progress in addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2008 mutual evaluation report and could be removed from the regular follow-up process. The decision by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Government, Law, Politics, Russia
Tagged 'fit and proper' requirements, 6th Follow-up Report, accounts in fictitious names, AML/CFT Law, anonymous accounts, beneficial ownership requirements, corporate transparency, criminalisation of terrorist financing, criminals, decriminalised self-laundering, FATF, freeze terrorist assets, ML/TF suspicion, Money Laundering, Mutual Evaluation of Russian Federation, Russia FATF 6th Follow-up Report, Russian Federation, terrorist financing, The Financial Action Task Force
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) will begin offering export credits for small-scale projects with environmental benefits in Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus. The export credits are intended for Nordic companies export deliveries valued at EUR 0.5-5 million. Nordic export credit … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Finland, International Trade, Investment, Russia, Ukraine
Tagged BELARUS, Eeva-Maija Pietikäinen, environmentally-friendly projects, export credit guarantees, export credits, export financing, exporters, Finnish exporter, Finnvera plc, Kari Homanen, Maria Maliniemi, NEFCO, Nordic Environment Finance Corporation, Nordic export credit agencies, Otto Lindstedt, RUSSIA, SME, UKRAINE
Moscow, Russia, 14-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486; Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL; Moscow Exchange: RUALR/RUALRS), a leading, global aluminium producer, is pleased to announce its plans to invest RUR 367.9 million modernizing gas treatment equipment at the Irkutsk aluminium smelter (IrkAZ). … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 14-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Two first shunting locomotives TEM TMH produced by Bryansk Machine Building Factory (“BMZ”, Transmashholding Group) left for Likhobory Depot, Moscow Railroad. TEM TMH shunting loco with AC/DC electric transmission is a joint project realized together with … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 08-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — State Corporation ‘Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)’ and United Company RUSAL entered into a Memorandum of Intent. The Memorandum provides for enhancing cooperation aimed at restructuring RUSAL’s unprofitable plants. The parties intend to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Government, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals, Russia
Tagged aluminum, aluminum alloys, Memorandum of Intent, RUSAL, unprofitable plants, Vnesheconombank
Moscow, Russia, 07-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Kaspersky Lab is pleased to announce that it has emerged victorious from a lawsuit initiated by Lodsys, a company located in Texas that operates as a Patent Assertion Entity, more commonly known as a Non practicing entity … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 07-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — According to the Kaspersky Consumer Security Risks survey carried out by B2B International with Kaspersky Lab in Summer 2013, approximately 30% of users have received bogus emails claiming to come from banks. The fraudsters often use fake notifications … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Internet & Online, Russia, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged advanced protection technology, B2B International, bogus bank emails, e-banking, e-payment systems, emails, fake bank notifications, Kaspersky Lab, Kaspersky Lab’s Safe Money, Moscow, online stores, RUSSIA, survey
Luxembourg/Vladivostok, 02-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 100 million (RUB 4bn) to support the modernisation of power and heat generation technology in Vladivostok. The project is part of a larger programme to bring natural gas to Russia’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Russia
Tagged climate change mitigation, coal, combined heat and power gas turbine units, Dušan Ondrejička, electricity, heat generation, JSC "Energy Systems of East", JSC RusHydro, Konstantin Bessmertniy, loan, natural gas, power, Russian roubles, Russia’s Far East, Sergei Tolstoguzov, Vladivostok, Wilhelm Molterer
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