On Saturday Russia and Brazil signed final protocol about completion of bilateral talks on the Russian Federation accedence to World Trade Organization. Russian Minister of Economical Development German Gref and Minister of industry, trade and tourism Luis Fernando Furlan signed the document.
Russian State Duma has voted for Russia to enter international Agriculture Organization of the UNO FAO on Friday, having drawn it up with appropriate Act.
Russian proposal on establishing joint enterprise on uranium enrichment on the territory of Russia doesn`t meet in corpore Iran`s need of nuclear energy.
Premier-ministers of Hungary and Croatia are first European countries, which signed memorandum about cooperation in energy sphere. One of the goals of the document is decrease of countries` dependence from Russian gas supplies.
Excess consumption of gas by Ukraine during frost amounted to 80 millions cubic meters per day.
Bank of Russia has placed an interactive form for complaints on official site. By means of this form citizens will inform about noticed defects and violations in temporary administrations and credit organizations, which have no license for bank operations` realization.
At present moment 10 millions of illegal migrants live in Russia, informed vice-director of Russian Federal Migration Service Vyacheslav Postavnin. 80% of Russian illegal migrants originate from Commonwealth of Independent States.
"Gazprom" officials announced that they will not stand excess of the treaty gas consumption in Ukraine.
Russian Calculating Chamber and Ukrainian Control agency will carry out a mutual examination of the treaty executed between "Gazprom" and "Ukrainian Naftogas" about purchase and transportation of gas. This was announced by the head of Russian Calculating Chamber Sergey Stepashin.
Russia intends to enter World Trade Organization by the end of 2006, announced Russian minister of economic development and trade German Gref.
The Russian Federation Ministry of transportation suggests establishing transportation fee for carriers of freight going through the territory of Russia.
CJSC oil company "Russneft" is planning to ivest about 600 million rubles to Krasnodar refinery development. Such an announcement has been made by the oil company "Russneft" President Mikhail Gutseriev in the course of regular meeting of the Oil company leadership and the leaders of Krasnodar region.
"Lukloil" company has announced about discovery of a large oil-gas condensate field on the licensed area "Severny" in north part of the Caspian sea.
On the forthcoming summit EuroAsES in St. Petersburg on January 25 "Gasprom" and the company "Uzbekneftegas" are to sign two agreements on cooperation in Uzbekistan oil and gas complex with total amount of about 1,5 billion dollars.
On Monday evening the next maximum of electric energy consumption was passed, which constituted 150,3 thousand MWt. Unified Energy System CEO Anatoly Chubais declared it on Tuesday morning at the meeting of operative headquarter of the company.
Europe is concerned of Russian gas supplies` shortage in the view of approaching frost. Poland, Italy, Hungary, Rumania and Bosnia declared about reduction of supplies.
Uzbekistan is to supply 9 billion cubic meters of gas to Russia at the price of $60/a thousand cubic meters. Such an agreement has been reached in the course of visit of Aleksei Miller, "Gasprom" chairman of the Board of Directors, to Tashkent where he had talks with Uzbek President Islam Karimov.
Power engineering specialists will introduce limitation on energy supply in Moscow region starting from 8:00 of Monday.
Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Georgia negotiates about import of Iranian gas to the republic.
For 2 days Gazprom has increased gas export in Ukrainian direction by 57 millions cubic meters per day. This information was cited during Gazprom meeting about gas supplies to Russian and foreign consumers in period of sharp temperature drop. The meeting was held under leadership of vice-president of the company Alexander Anahehkov.
Ukrainian premier-minister Yuri Ekhanurov admitted validity of Russian claims to meat transit through Ukrainian territory.
Planned on January 21 signing of contracts between "Ukrainian Naftogas", "Gazprom" and RosUkrEnergo has been postponed for 4 days. This was announced by press-secretary of Ukrainian minister of Fuel and Energy Lilia Klochko. By her words, "Gazprom" delegation will arrive to Kiev on January 25.
By 18:00 of Thursday capital passed new maximum peak of electric energy consumption - 16000 megawatts, announced the head of municipal service Petr Aksenov. The growth of energy use is caused by severe frost.
Russian frost turned out to be a serious factor, which influenced daily routine not only of Russians but Europeans.
Russia will have to open strategic fuel stocks due to abnormally hard frosts. This decision has been prepared and will be put forward to Mikhail Fradkov - the Russian prime-minister.