Tass.com, April 28, 2019: China is showing interest in Russian gas supplies beyond the volume envisaged by a contract between Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the Russian energy giant's CEO Alexei Miller said in an interview with the program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on Rossiya-1 TV channel. "Our Chinese partners are showing great interest in increasing the supplies beyond the volume, which we outlined in the 30-year contract," Miller said. In 2019, Gazprom plans to invest 147.53 bln rubles ($2.2 bln) in the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, which is designed to transport gas from East Siberia deposits to the domestic market and for export to China.  Read more...

Dailysabah.com, May 1, 2019: Africa remains a priority for national flag carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) as the airline continues to expand its horizons to all four corners of the world, a senior airline official told visiting journalists yesterday. The flag carrier flies to nearly 40 destinations in Africa, second only to Ethiopian Airlines and first in terms of cargo services, said Tuncay Eminoğlu."We give priority to Africa," he told members of the media from Ethiopia visiting Istanbul, Turkey's historic tourist attraction and commercial capital.  Read more...

Tass.com, April 30, 2019: Sakhalin Energy, the operator of Russia's first natural gas liquefaction project Sakhalin-2, has drafted design documents for the construction of the project's third stage, a spokesman with the company told TASS. "At present, Sakhalin Energy has completed the development of design documents for the construction of a third technological line for the LNG plant on Sakhalin," he said adding that "all works are being carried out within the time frame determined by the company's shareholders."  Read more...

Intellinews.com, May 2, 2019: Moscow is moving up the global rankings for cities that welcome startups and aims to enter the top three by 2030, according to Alexey Parabuchev, general director of Moscow's Agency of Innovations, as cited by TASS. The Russian capital has already moved up from 14th to 10th place in the latest ranking of cities with the best ecosystems for startups, according to consultant StartupBlink. "Competition among the top 50 cities in the ranking is very tough, and the top 10 places are held by the strongest traditional leaders. Moscow is the only new city in the top 10 compared to the previous ranking compiled in November 2017, having overtaken Paris," Parabuchev told TASS.  Read more...

Highnorthnews.com, April 29, 2019: Russia's largest private natural gas company, Novatek, secured vital funding for its Arctic LNG 2 plant. The project will be the company's second liquified natural gas (LNG) production facility in the Arctic following on the heels of the Yamal LNG plant. Construction began  earlier this spring on the Gydan Peninsula, just across the Ob delta from the Yamal LNG project on the Yamal peninsula.  Read more...

Themoscowtimes.com, May 2, 2019: Russia's largest carmaker AvtoVaz posted net profit of 5.86 billion rubles ($90.5 million) in 2018 - the company's first profit in a decade. The results for 2018 follow on from losses of 9.66 billion rubles under international financial reporting standards (IFRS) in 2017, the company said on April 30. While some carmakers in Russia have been hit hard by a deep dive in the market in 2015-2016, AvtoVaz, helped by its largest shareholder Renault, consolidated its market share and emerged on top from the crisis.  Read more...

Urdupoint.com, May 2, 2019: Dubai Startup  Hub recently participated in a roundtable in  Moscow meant to familiarise  Russian start-ups with Dubai's entrepreneurial ecosystem and growth opportunities it offers. Organised by the  Dubai  World Trade Centre and PROFEX, the roundtable provided valuable insights into Dubai's  business environment, the rising start-up sector, and the various accelerator and incubator programmes, initiatives, services and resources that are available.  Read more...

Neweurope.eu, May 1, 2019: Russia's floating nuclear power unit (FPU) Akademik Lomonosov is now ready to start commercial operations in Russia, Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation has said, following a series of successful and comprehensive tests, including on its twin KLT-40 reactor system. The FPU - the first ship of its kind - to provide electricity to Russia's isolated Arctic region, is named Akademik Lomonosov in honour of the great progenitor of the country's modern contributions to the scientific world. According to Rosatom, the FPU's reactors, No.1 and No.2, were successfully brought up to 100% capacity on 31 March. "These tests confirmed the operational stability of the main and auxiliary equipment of the FPU, as well as the automatic process control systems," Rosatom said in a press statement.  Read more...

Telecompaper.com, April 30, 2019: Russian national operator Rostelecom has expanded the coverage of its fibre-optic network in the Archangel and Tyumen regions.  The operator has covered 38 additional apartment houses in the town of Velsk in the Archangel region in April. In total 1,250 households have been covered with the PON network.  Read more...

Azernews.az, May 2, 2019: Azerbaijan's exports amounted to $4.5 billion in the first quarter of this year, showing a 34 percent increase ($1.1 billion) compared to the same period last year. In January-March 2019, exports in the non-oil sector increased by $59 million or 16.5 percent, amounting to $415 million, reads the export review by the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication. Over the three months, Azerbaijan exported non-oil goods worth $115 million to Russia, $99 million to Turkey, $50 million to Georgia, $33.7 million to Switzerland and $12.7 million to Italy. Non-oil exports to Russia increased by 17 percent, to Turkey - by 2 percent, to Georgia - by 58 percent and to Italy - by 74 percent compared with the same period of 2018.  Read more...

En.trend.az, May 2, 2019: A briefing was organized in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent on the 1st Caspian Economic Forum, which will be held in the Caspian resort of Awaza, Turkmenistan on August 12,  Trendreports referring to the Turkmen Foreign Ministry. The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, along with representatives of the country's Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Transport, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.  Read more...

Morning-news.ru, 2 мая, 2019: Заместитель начальника департамента внешнеэкономической деятельности русского монополиста  Газпром Дмитрий Хандога объявил о вероятных задержках окончания строительства газопровода Северный поток-2. Общая протяженность данного участка - около 114 км. Сто километров первой нити планируется уложить на протяжении месяца.  Читать далее...