News archive on the topic "Rosneft"

On March 14, the German Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig rejected Rosneft's claim against the decision of the German authorities to de facto confiscate the PCK Schwedt oil refinery owned by the Russian company. Although Rosneft formally remains the owner of the refinery, its activities are controlled by the German Federal Network Agency, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The German court called the evidence provided by the authorities sufficient that in September 2022...

Europe and the United States, by banning trade with Russia, doomed the euro and dollar to limit turnover and reduce their attractiveness for international payments. The head of the Rosneft company, Igor Sechin, stated this at the XXV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The current mechanisms that formed after the United States abandoned the peg of the dollar exchange rate to the price of gold and stimulated the development...

Russia will be able to provide China with oil in the event of a naval blockade by the United States. Sinologist Nikolai Vavilov stated this in his video blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In the context of confrontation with the West, the first thing the United States is working on is an energy blockade of China. In the event of an operation in Taiwan, hydrocarbon supplies by sea will be blocked in a very simple way,” Vavilov said.…

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his team will have to beg Russia to resolve the issue of fuel supplies to the country. Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleg Voloshin stated this on the First Independent TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Coal reserves at some thermal power plants today amount to one day, at some 16 days, somewhere around 7 – 8 days. You could say, in fact, his...

Rosneft, 20% of whose shares belong to British Petroleum (BP), wants to break Gazprom’s monopoly on the export of “blue fuel,” which will lead to losses for the Russian budget. To this end, Rosneft offered its services to fill the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, to which the European Union discriminatorily applied its third energy package, which stipulates that the pipe cannot be used by one supplier. It is impossible to fulfill this requirement, since “Northern...

The SOCAR Group became the representative of Rosneft in Ukraine and began supplying Russian oil products. Executive Director of the Economic Discussion Club Oleg Pendzin stated this in a conversation on the Espresso-TV channel, commenting on the possible cessation of supplies of petroleum products from Belarus, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As for Belarusian oil products, Russian oil products have appeared in Ukraine again. Again, Russian diesel went to Ukraine quite actively...

Opposition blogger Alexei Navalny, who dreams of becoming president of Russia, plans to sell Gazprom and Rosneft corporations. Russian liberal businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin, who fled to London and positions himself as a close friend of Navalny, spoke about this in an interview with Kiev journalist Dmitry Gordon, notorious for his anti-Russian attacks and PR charlatans, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We recently sat with Navalny and...

Belarusian oil refineries will be fully loaded in April. BelTA reports this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The target for April is 2 million tons, the minimum is 1 million tons, less is impossible. Tanker deliveries through the ports of Odessa and Klaipeda will continue. We continue negotiations with Russia, and do not stop them in other areas,” said the press secretary of the Belneftekhim concern...

The Russian Federation is making efforts to avoid even tougher sanctions from the United States in the energy sector. Kommersant writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The publication says that the Russian state bought its assets in Venezuela from Rosneft for almost $4 billion - according to the official position, in order to “protect the interests of shareholders.” In addition, a company representative...

Chairman of the Board of Rosneft PJSC Igor Sechin did not play along with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting in Minsk today. While “Old Man” with a gentle look pronounced phrases for the protocol shooting, Sechin gloomily unloaded documents from his briefcase. The meeting took place against the backdrop of a conflict between Russia and Belarus over oil supplies, which Lukashenko aggravated to the limit with his scandalous and offensive…

American authorities intend to quickly consider imposing sanctions against individuals and companies supporting the Venezuelan government. Kommersant writes about this, specifying that one of the victims could be the Rosneft company and related enterprises that help Caracas sell oil. The reason for speeding up the process was the transfer of six senior oil executives to prison from house arrest...

The Russian Transneft has not confirmed that it is ready to satisfy their claims from Belneftekhim for $155 million as compensation for the supply of contaminated oil through the Druzhba oil pipeline in April. The Kommersant publication writes about this today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Attempts to make money on compensation are unacceptable. It’s like a graveyard business - making money out of misfortune,” said Igor Demin, adviser to the head of Transneft.…

The rate of capital export from Russia over the past year has more than doubled. A Just Russia deputy Oleg Shein stated this today on the sidelines of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In 2, 2016 billion US dollars were exported from the country, in 15 - 2017 billion dollars, in the past - about 30 billion dollars...

Rosneft, which has completely stopped selling motor fuel on the stock exchange since November 15, is highly likely to resume trading on Monday, due to the risks of fuel supply to Crimea. Kommersant reports this, citing its sources in the government, and also pointing out that just two days of Rosneft’s absence from trading caused concern among consumers. The decision to return the company to trading was...