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Montevideo, October 23rd 2025 - 21:43 UTC

Tag: Russia

  • Monday, July 14th 2014 - 05:24 UTC

    Russia offers to build (and finance) two new nuclear power plants in Argentina

    “Rosatom is actively working here and has already handed over its technical and commercial offer to our (Argentine) colleagues,” said minister Novak

    Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Saturday a nuclear energy cooperation deal with Argentina on the third stop (Cuba, Nicaragua) of a tour to bolster trade ties and strengthen Russia’s influence in Latin America.

  • Saturday, July 12th 2014 - 10:13 UTC

    CFK invites regional presidents to the official dinner for Russia's Putin

    “They say that there is some Russian blood in every sixth Argentine. Many people from our country found their second home in Argentina” said Putin

    President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, invited her peers from Bolivia, Uruguay and Venezuela, Evo Morales, Jose Mujica and Nicolas Maduro respectively to participate in a special dinner after her meeting with the Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin on Saturday.

  • Monday, June 30th 2014 - 06:30 UTC

    Argentina, 'a key partner' of Russia says Putin ahead of his Buenos Aires visit

    Putin will be at the World Cup final and at the BRICS summit in Fortaleza

    As part of a broader South American tour, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be visiting Buenos Aires in July to lay the groundwork for joint projects between Russia and Argentina in the energy sector, including civilian nuclear technologies, military-technological cooperation and machine building.

  • Sunday, June 1st 2014 - 12:59 UTC

    Exxon, BP defy White House and extend partnership with Russia

    ”(They're) eager to continue work on projects in Russia,” Russia's Energy Minister Novak said of ExxonMobil and Shell

    Several of the largest oil companies in the world are doubling down in Russia despite moves by the West to isolate Russia and its economy. ExxonMobil and BP separately signed agreements with Rosneft – Russia's state-owned oil company – to extend and deepen their relationships for energy exploration.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2014 - 06:35 UTC

    Argentina and Russia ratify close links; Moscow reaffirms Malvinas claim support

    The Timerman/Lavrov meeting took place at the Spiridonovka Palace in Moscow

    Argentina was formally invited to take part in a BRICS summit to be held in Brazil next month. The Kremlin also ratified support to Buenos Aires in its long-standing dispute with the UK over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands.

  • Thursday, May 22nd 2014 - 00:46 UTC

    Russia's Weakened Hand Could Pay Off For Beijing In Major Gas Deal

    Presidents Putin and Xi Jinping in Beijing when the final agreement was announced

    A major gas deal between Russia and China was finally sealed this week when Russian President Vladimir Putin was on a two day visit to China on May 20-21 and met with President Xi Jinping. In the lead up to Putin's arrival, the two sides have been working on putting the finishing touches on a 30-year contract for a gas deal a decade in the making, and Russian officials have suggested that the deal will be completed by Putin's arrival.

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 23:07 UTC

    Falkland Islands and Crimea the new cold war

    Dr. Ivanov says Cristina has chosen to acclaim President Putin’s action in Crimea, hoping in return support the Argentine Falklands' claim.

    In an article for Penguin News, distinguished political and scientific Bulgarian author Dr Lyubomir Ivanov (*) discusses the Crimean conflict and its parallel with the Falklands.The Argentine President Cristina Kirchner praised the recent Crimean status referendum as, “one of the famous referendums of self-determination.”

  • Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:47 UTC

    West will never go to war over non-NATO Ukraine

    Putin: to invade or not to invade Ukraine

    By Gwynne Dyer - With due apologies to God, Voltaire and the Ukrainians, I must point out that if Ukraine did not exist, it would not be necessary to invent it.It is not a great power, it has no resources the world cannot do without, and it is not a “vital strategic interest” to anybody except the Ukrainians. Not even to the Russians, although they are acting at the moment as though it were.

  • Saturday, May 3rd 2014 - 05:48 UTC

    President Putin re-editing Soviet-Stalin Russia calendar and traditions

    Putin awarded “Hero of Labor” medals in the Kremlin and is preparing a major military parade on 9 May

    Russia staged a huge May Day parade on Moscow's Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era with workers holding banners proclaiming support for President Vladimir Putin after the seizure of territory from neighboring Ukraine.

  • Monday, April 28th 2014 - 07:39 UTC

    Putin is losing Eastern European energy gamble

    “Can they stop buying Russian gas?” “In my opinion it is impossible”, said the Russian president

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said he doesn't think the European community can do without the natural gas it gets from energy monopoly Gazprom. With a Russian economy starting to decline, however, it may be Gazprom that's too strongly interconnected to the European market to break free.