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Rebar was known in construction well before the era of the modern reinforced concrete, since some 150 years before its invention rebar were used in the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk in Russia, which was built on the orders of the industrialist Akinfiy Demidov between 1725 and 1732. The purpose of such construction is one of the many mysteries of ...
Dmitry Medvedev addressing to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2009. The Medvedev modernisation programme was an initiative launched by President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in 2009, which aimed at modernising Russia's economy and society, decreasing the country's dependency on oil and gas revenues and creating a diversified economy based on high technology and innovation. [1]
Russia is the second largest conventional arms exporter after the United States, with $8 billions' worth of exports in 2008. The most popular types of weaponry bought from Russia are Sukhoi and MiG fighters, air defense systems, helicopters, tanks, armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles.
The modern U.S. petroleum industry is considered to have begun with Edwin Drake's drilling of a 69-foot (21 m) oil well in 1859, [37] on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania, for the Seneca Oil Company (originally yielding 25 barrels per day (4.0 m 3 /d), by the end of the year output was at the rate of 15 barrels per day (2.4 m 3 /d)).
Russia has lost some $100 billion in oil revenue following a European Union import ban and a $60-per-barrel price cap imposed by the Group of Seven major economies, which bars Western insurers and ...
The developments in Russia have been closely watched, given crude’s volatility in 2022 following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Why turmoil in Russia could send oil prices even lower [Video] Skip ...
In 2008, the Russian oil industry claimed to be in need of huge investments. [9]Russia has seen extracting oil and gas from the Arctic region as important, especially for the Liquefied natural gas industry in Russia which was given a major boost from 2017 with investment and tax incentives, mainly to Novatek, however foreign investors pulled out in 2022 following the Russian invasion of ...
The price of Russia's flagship crude blend is down 20% from its peak. ... Russia is set to make even steeper oil production cuts later in 2024, as part of OPEC's goal to boost crude prices.