Tag: Russia

• Monday, July 19th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  OPEC and Russia+10 will increase output, 400,00 bpd, as of August first

  

  The world's leading oil-producing countries agreed on Sunday to continue with the gradual increase of output, 400,000 barrels per day, beginning August first, to help global economic recovery following the pandemic, according to a release from the group's meeting in Vienna.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  China enters auto manufacturing industry in Brazil, acquiring Mercedes-Benz plant

  

  The Chinese auto industry is penetrating Brazil. Automaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) reported that it has purchased the Mercedes-Benz car factory in Iracemápolis, Sao Paulo state, according to a report in the financial sector from the newspaper “O Globo” last Sunday.

• Tuesday, June 29th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Sea Breeze military exercises with 32 countries in the Black Sea; Russia describes them as a “provocation”

  

  A total of 32 countries began conducting military exercises in the Black Sea Monday, despite sharp criticism from Russia. The US and Ukraine are leading the “Sea Breeze” drills. They are scheduled to last for two weeks, according to the US military.

• Friday, June 25th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Russia to the world: Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are our Latin American allies

  

  Russia reiterated this week its support for Latin American allies, mainly Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua given the standing “external threats,” stated Moscow's defence minister General Sergey Shoigu who underlined the historic links with the three countries.

• Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Ambassadors back to Moscow and Washington is main outcome of Biden-Putin Summit in Geneva

  

  US and Russia's Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joseph Biden have agreed that the two countries’ ambassadors will return to their workplaces in Moscow and in Washington in what became the most significant announcement after Wednesday's summit in Geneva.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  World sets eyes on Biden-Putin meeting in Geneva

  

  The world will virtually stop Wednesday at least for five hours when US President Joseph Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet in Geneva at a time when ties between the two countries are approaching Cold War lows.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Russia invites Argentine officials to visit nuclear power plant similar to the one planned for South Atlantic

  

  Russia's intentions to install nuclear power plants in Argentina took a new step Monday as the Rosatom agency invited Argentine officials over to visit its floating plant in Siberia.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Biden warns Putin, renews US-NATO partnership after somber Trump years

  

  United States President Joseph Biden Monday called on his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin to step back from provocative actions during a news conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

• Friday, June 11th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  JBS paid hackers US$ 11 million; cyber extortion crime netted US$ 18 billion in 2020

  

  Brazilian corporation JBS, the world's biggest meat processors, paid a US$11 million bitcoin ransom to hackers to prevent any further disruption after a paralyzing cyberattack believed to have originated in Russia.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Biden first overseas trip: G7 summit in the UK, meetings with EU, NATO leaders and Putin

  

  United States President Joe Biden and his wife Jill are expected to land on Air Force One at UK's RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk this Wednesday to kick off an eight-day trip to Europe, which includes meetings with Queen Elizabeth, PM Boris Johnson, and equally significant Russian president Vladimir Putin in Geneva.