Tag: Russia

• Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 21:04 UTC

  African swine desert out of control in Russia and former Soviet republics

  

  African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in 2012 have been the worst yet in Russia, with over half a million pigs having fallen victim to the disease and subsequently culled. It is hard to pinpoint causes, but lack of bio-security knowledge appears to be part of the problem which seems out of control. Surrounding countries reporting ASF to the OIE included Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and even Ukraine.

• Friday, March 1st 2013 - 06:39 UTC

  Be careful: Russia is back to stay in the Middle East

  

  Russia is back. President Vladimir Putin wants the world to acknowledge that Russia remains a global power. He is making his stand in Syria. The Soviet Union acquired the Tartus Naval Port in Syria in 1971 without any real purpose for it. With their ships welcomed in Algeria, Cuba or Vietnam, Tartus was too insignificant to be developed. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia lacked the funds to spend on the base and no reason to invest in it.

• Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 01:22 UTC

  Brazil/Russia agree to increase trade and cooperation in agriculture and defense

  

  Brazil and Russia signed several agreements in different fields geared to increase trade and to advance in defense, energy and agriculture cooperation, including the purchase of Russian anti aircraft missile batteries on condition that Moscow agrees to transfer technology.

• Monday, February 18th 2013 - 06:29 UTC

  Russian meteor: 17 metres wide, weighed 10.000 tons and crashed at 64.373 km/h says NASA

  

  The meteor that exploded over Russia Friday was slightly larger than previously thought and more powerful, too, NASA scientists say. The explosion over the city of Chelyabinsk, on Friday injured more than 1,000 people and blew out windows across the region in a massive blast captured on cameras by frightened witnesses.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 00:16 UTC

  EU investing heavily to prevent African swine fever spreading from Russia

  

  The European Union will invest €1.4 million to control African swine fever on the Italian island of Sardinia in 2013. The island is the only place in the EU where African Swine Fever (ASF) is still present.

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 06:54 UTC

  Fears the African Swine Fever outbreak in parts of Russia is out of control

  

  According to official data from Moscow veterinary services, for the first nine months of 2012, in total 500,000 pigs were slaughtered in order to stop the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Russia.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 02:23 UTC

  Wheat prices climb as Russia comes closer to curbing exports

  

  Global wheat prices climbed on Friday as Russia’s economy minister raised the possibility of grain export curbs from one of the largest global suppliers in what appeared to be a policy u-turn.

• Wednesday, September 12th 2012 - 01:54 UTC

  EU bites the hand that feeds it: Russia’s Gazprom will bite back

  

  Gazprom has Europe's natural gas market in a stranglehold and Europe is attempting to fight back, first with a raid last year on the Russian giant's offices and then with a probe launched earlier this week against its allegedly illicit efforts to control the EU natural gas supplies.

• Tuesday, September 4th 2012 - 23:42 UTC

  Russia’s Gazprom ready to help YPF develop gas and non-conventional resources

  

  Argentine nationalized oil company YPF moved forward in the signing of an agreement with Russian state oil company Gazprom to develop conventional and non-conventional gas in Argentina and the eventual supply of liquefied gas.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 03:07 UTC

  US government sales soared to 66.3bn dollars in 2011; Saudis main buyers

  

  US government sale of weapons soared by over three times in just one year - from 21.4 billion dollars in 2010 to 66.3 billion in 2011, the largest for a single year in the history of the US arms export program, according to a report by the US Congress Research Service.