The global market price on oil has dropped more than 100 USD over the last nine months. That might now force StatoilHydro to stall 40 planned projects.
Russian-speakers in Finland are often the targets of discrimination and continue to be met with negative attitudes and stereotypes, a new study commissioned by the Finnish Minority Ombudsman’s Office finds.
Russian energy giant Gazprom might this year have to cut production with up to ten percent. Exports drop and the company’s revenues might shrink with as much as 26 percent. Experts say that Gazprom will have to make dramatic cuts in its investment program.
While Russia’s strategic bombers weekly fly over the Arctic or outside Norwegian airspace in the north, the Russian Navy’s nuclear powered submarines mostly stay pier side at their homeports on the Kola Peninsula and in the Far East.
Everything was supposed to become easier for Russians applying for Norwegian visa when the new regulations came into force last year. However, what actually has happened is that visas have become more expensive and the application process more complicated than ever.
The Russian state-owned oil company Zarubezhneft will in few weeks join Total and StatoilHydro in the Kharyaga oil field in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the field operators confirm.
