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Norwegian seismologists: Severodvinsk incident may have involved two blasts
According to representatives of the Norwegian Seismic Array (NORSAR), there may have been two explosions two hours apart in northern Russia on August 8.
The blast, which took place during the testing of a rocket engine and killed five Rosatom employees, caused a second explosion two hours later. According to the Norwegian researchers, the second one was more likely the source of the radiation emission. NORSAR believes that the second blast may have come from a cruise missile with radioactive …
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Media: Russian military and Hezbollah behind major drug trafficking in Middle East
Russia has complete control over the Syrian coast, and Russian officers together with Hezbollah monopolize the drug smuggling route in the Middle East, writes the Lebanese news outlet Al Modon.
The drugs come from the Lebanese province of Beqaa to the Syrian Port of Latakia, Assad’s bodyguards get “something” from the Lebanese militants, take the bags to the port and hand them over to the Russians, who load them onto ships and send them, presumably, to Russia or China.
The Syrian president’s “ …
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Russian oil giant Rosneft converts nearly all its foreign currency reserves to dollars
The Russian oil company Rosneft has reduced its euro-denominated investments to an absolute minimum, disposing of 90% of its liquid euro-denominated assets, according to the company’s second quarter report.
While at the start of the year, Rosneft’s “foreign currency cushion” was 43% in euros and 57% in US dollars, by June 30, the American currency accounted for 89% and the European for only 11%.
In half a year, Rosneft’s total euro-denominated assets plummeted by nearly 90% from €5.9 to €0.7 …
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Belarus to monitor quality of Russian oil
GomelTransNeft Druzhba, the Belarusian operating company of the Druzhba oil pipeline, is in consultation with the state-owned Belneftekhim concern regarding the construction of new oil quality and quantity control points, announced Andrey Verigo, chief engineer of the operating company, as cited by BelTa.
According to him, such a control node could be established on Belarus’s eastern border in 2021, and would help to ensure the safe operation of the Belarusian stretch of the pipeline and …
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Belarus to publish draft program of integration with Russia
Belarusian Prime Minister Syarhey Rumas said in an interview with Belarus-1 TV channel that the draft program of integration with Russia will be published to eliminate fears about the sovereignty of the country.
"I think, after its initialing, the governments of the two countries will publish it to remove any concerns about sovereignty and other issues," he said.
Rumas noted that the purpose of the program is to create a single market for the two countries. He stated that political issues …