Abroad
India reduced imports of Rosneft
India reduced purchases of Urals oil in April compared to record imports in March.
In russia, a ship was set on fire at a ship repair plant
Today, May 3, a cargo ship caught fire at the ship repair plant in Vladivostok.
Russian ships were near the “Nord Streams” shortly before the explosions
In June, russian ships visited the site of the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipeline at least three times. One of them moved near the object 5 days before the incident.
An oil storage facility is on fire in the russian port of Taman
A fire broke out in an oil storage facility in the russian port of Taman at night after the explosion.
The Swedish Navy was put on alert by russian ships near energy facilities
Commander of the Swedish Navy, Admiral Eva Skoog Haslum, said that russian warships have been spotted near energy facilities in the Baltic Sea.
Turkey let go a ship with stolen Ukrainian grain
The Turkish authorities released a bulk carrier with stolen Ukrainian grain despite calls from Ukraine to arrest the vessel.
The crew of the missing russian yacht complained of an “attack by armed men”
The russians who were on the yacht “30 Minutes”, which disappeared in the Red Sea a week ago, got in touch.
Danish Navy: the russian ship was near the site of the Nord Stream explosion
The russian SS-750 special vessel was near the Nord Stream gas pipeline four days before the explosions.
Russian wheat harvest in 2023 is estimated at 83.2 million tons: Agritel
Argus’ agriculture analytics arm Agritel has revised down its estimate for russia’s 2023 wheat production owing to mixed weather conditions for winter crops, but still expects an output comparable with production highs in 2017 and 2020, if far below 2022’s record harvest.
In Japan, a russian man was convicted in the case of a shipwreck in which sailors died
In Japan, the assistant captain of the russian trawler was sentenced to a suspended sentence. In 2021, the ship collided with a Japanese schooner, as a result of which three sailors died.