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☆ Russian court freezes all Volkswagen assets in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Monday froze all Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) assets in Russia, court documents seen by Reuters showed. Volkswagen was one of a string of foreign carmakers that suspended operations in Russia after western countries imposed unprecedented sanctions on Moscow over the conflict in Ukraine. Russian auto manufacturer GAZ, which was contracted to produce Volkswagen vehicles at its factory in Nizhny Novgorod, had sued the German carmaker for breach of contract after Volkswagen terminated the agreement in August. GAZ estimated its losses from the terminated contract at almost 16 billion roubles ($207.79 million). Volkswagen is attempting to sell its flagship Russian factory in Kaluga, south of Moscow.

☆ Russia is recruiting female convicts to serve in Ukraine amid growing battlefield losses, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Reports have emerged of Russian efforts to recruit female convicts to fight in Ukraine. Ukrainian officials said a carriage full of female prisoners was seen heading towards Donetsk. The report suggested that Russia was seeking to find new sources of fighters against a backdrop of heavy losses. The region borders occupied Ukraine by way of the Kerch bridge that connects Russia to Crimea. Prigozhin later announced that he was ending this policy, amid reports that inmates were put off by the mounting death toll.

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Oil popped and stocks slumped — it feels like 2022 again for markets
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

It feels like markets are reliving the worst of 2022. This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. A selloff in the U.S. markets, rising oil prices and escalating U.S.-China tensions — it feels like we're back in the worst part of 2022. Subscribe here to get this report sent directly to your inbox each morning before markets open.

☆ Fire breaks out at Russian oil refinery near Ukrainian border
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 8 (Reuters) - A fire broke out on Wednesday at an oil refinery in Russia's southern Rostov region near the border with Ukraine and was later extinguished, state media reported, citing the emergencies ministry. "In Rostov Region, Novoshakhtinsk city ... a message was received at 10:24 a.m. Moscow time about a fire on the territory of an oil products processing plant," the ministry said. Novoshakhtinsk is about 9 km (6 miles) from the Ukrainian border. Another refinery in Novoshakhtinsk was struck by two drones last June, in what the plant called "terrorist actions from the western border", a reference to Ukraine. Wednesday's fire was the second in two days to hit a Russian refinery, following an incident on Tuesday at a Lukoil (LKOH.MM) unit in Nizhny Novgorod, east of Moscow.

☆ Russia's defense manufacturing sector is using convict labor to meet war-time demands: UK intel
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia announced it's using the forced labor of convicts to manufacture weaponry. The UK MOD said that manufacturers are likely under intense pressure to keep the army supplied. Russia, which reintroduced forced prison labor in 2017, has a prison population of around 400,000, as well as a system accused of perpetuating "extreme brutality and corruption," the UK MOD said. It is likely under "intense pressure" to produce more, the UK MOD said. The UK MOD report follows several signals that Russia, like Ukraine, is grappling with difficulties in keeping its front line supplied with a wide range of munitions.

☆ Russia’s Draft Patched Holes but Also Exposed Flaws in War Machine
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Thomas Grove | Photographs Manu Brabo For The Wall Street Journal. | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Yevgeny Chavelyuk recalls receiving a phone call in October telling him to report for duty in Cherepovets, north of Moscow, where he was working at steelmaker Severstal. Within days he was transferred to a military base in Nizhny Novgorod, east of the capital, where he said training mainly consisted of standing for hours on the parade grounds and learning to make a bed. Soon after, he said, his unit was on its way to what they were told would be further training in the Belgorod region near Ukraine, but he said he knew he had already crossed the border when he got out of his transport vehicle for a cigarette break.

☆ Moscow and other Russian cities are scaling back or canceling New Year parties to spend the money attacking Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's military is still struggling with a number of problems on the frontlines in Ukraine. As a result, some Russian cities have canceled or scaled down their New Year's celebrations. Moscow is still holding a New Year celebration — but it will not include fireworks, its mayor said. In Moscow, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said the capital would hold a toned-down celebration, forgoing the usual firework show and mass concert. Some Russian activists last week accused him of spending billions on Russia's military while many of them freeze back home, The Daily Beast reported.

☆ Un bărbat a batjocorit şi ucis o fetiţă de 9 ani, ca să se răzbune pe mama copilei pentru că l-a părăsit
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Un bărbat ar fi răpit o fetiţă de 9 ani în drumul spre şcoală pentru a o batjocori şi ucide, totul într-un gest extrem de răzbunare faţă de fosta iubită, mama copilei. Trupul neînsufleţit al fetei a fost găsit la 600 de metri de casa ei, în satul Neklyudovo, în regiunea rusă Nizhny Novgorod. Câteva minute mai târziu, au intrat în pădure, ajungând într-o zonă de şantier abandonată unde Surkov a sărit asupra fetiţei fără apărare. Examinările au arătat că a fost violată înainte de a fi sugrumat până la moarte. A doua zi, Surkov a fost prins şi reținut la primele ore ale dimineţii, în timp ce încerca să părăsească satul pentru a se ascunde în orașul vecin Bor.

Persons: Pavel Surkov, Valeria, Surkov, Examinările, Valeria . El, Suspectul, suspectul Locations: rusă Nizhny Novgorod, Bor

☆ 10 oldest airlines in the world
▼ + stars: | 2019-03-04 | by ( Miquel Ros | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Here are 10 of the oldest airlines in the world still in operation. Pan American World Airways subsequently acquired a controlling stake in the company. Qantas was nationalized by the Australian government after World War II and reprivatized in the ’90s. After World War II, Aeroflot became the largest airline in the world, as air travel was often the only means of transportation available to bridge the vast expanses of the Soviet Union. Czech Airlines (CSA)Czech Airlines, the national airline of the Czech Republic.

Persons: Avianca, JUAN MABROMATA, SCADTA, Stanislav Sergeev, MICHAL CIZEK, Finnair, DANIEL SLIM, ANDREJ ISAKOVIC, Jat, Jasper Juinen, Dan Kitwood Organizations: CNN, Finnair, Czech Airlines, KLM, Passengers, Dutch, Havilland DH, Croydon Airport, Junkers F13, Pan American World Airways, SCADTA, Servicio, Qantas, Northern Territory Aerial Services, Avro, Aeroflot Aeroflot, Junkers, Aeroflot, Concorde, Communist, BOAC, CSA, Eastern Bloc, Prague City Air, DC, Delta Air Lines, AFP, Delta, Pan, Northwest Airlines, Air Serbia Air Serbia, Aeroput, Jat Airways, Etihad, Air Serbia, British Airways, Qatar Airways, International Airlines Group, British Airways British Airways, British Overseas Airways Corporation, British European Airways, Cambrian Airways, Northeast Airlines Locations: Finnish, Czech, Amsterdam, Batavia, Jakarta, New York, Colombia, AFP, Barranquilla, Germany, Colombian, SACO, Latin America, Australia, Queensland, Northern Australia, Asia, Pacific, Soviet, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian, Soviet Union, Cuba, Murmansk, Russia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, CSA, Prague, Americas, Africa, East, West Germany, Finland, Tokyo, Europe, China, East Coast, Middle, Serbia, Yugoslavia, Serbian, Air, Iberia, Madrid, Barcelona, South America, London, Paris, Devonshire

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