Germany's Economy Ministry informed Rosneft earlier this week that it was considering expropriating shares in the company's German assets, the Russian oil giant's law firm in Germany said on Thursday. Why has Berlin decided to expropriate Rosneft assets in Germany? In the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the German government put Rosneft's German business, including its 54.17% stake in Berlin's Schwedt refinery, under a so-called trusteeship in September 2022.
Ukraine’s SBU security service has placed Mikhail Fridman, a Russian oligarch and former owner of Ukraine’s Alfa-Bank (now Sense Bank), on the wanted list, according to a statement by Fridman’s holding company, ABH Holdings S.A (ABHH), on Dec. 21.
Russian state space corporation Roscosmos is going to purchase the resources of Earth observation satellites from private companies for the first time, deputy director of the Department of Automatic Space Complexes, Navigation Systems of Roscosmos Valery Zaichko said on Monday.