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Publish date: August 27, 2004
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We will not forget Belgorod he concluded.
According to Strana.ru with reference to a representative of the Sevmash plant, the lack of proper financing from the state budget in 2004 delays and makes expensive the construction of Oskar-II class nuclear submarine Belgorod . Russia allocated $1.7m for Belgorod this year, but $1.5m were then transferred for other projects. The submarine is 80% completed and requires $100m to finish the construction, the representative said to Strana.ru. However, the cost can rise 10% as the equipment gets older during construction time. So, Belgorod can be ready not later than 2006 if enough financing is provided, the Sevmash representative added.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.