Russia has paid foreign holders of Eurobonds in rubles for the first time after an attempt to settle the $649.2 million payment was rejected by a foreign financial institution under orders from Washington, the Russian Ministry of Finance announced on Wednesday.
The projectile, which was destroyed over the town of Feodosia, inflicted no casualties or damage, a local official said Russian air defenses have shot down a Ukrainian missile over Crimea, local authorities said on Saturday, adding that the strike did not result in any casualties or damage to infrastructure.
The Kirinskoye deposit in Russia’s Far East has reached a production rate of 9.3 million cubic meters per day, according to the company Russian energy giant Gazprom has boosted production levels to record highs at one of the largest gas condensate fields on the Sakhalin Shelf, the company reported on Monday.