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WFP and Russia hand over fortified wheat flour and vegetable oil to Tajikistan for national School Feeding Programme

Reliefweb 28 Oct 2021

The food will cover the needs of the national School Feeding Programme in the Districts of the Republican Subordination (DRS), Khatlon Region, and the Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) ... “Since 2013, Russia has allocated more than US$80 million for the implementation of the School Feeding Programme in Tajikistan ... # # # ... Nasrullo Ramazonov.

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Russian oil companies propose using excess gas in oil extraction for crypto mining

The Times of India 25 Oct 2021

NEW DELHI ... Coin minting data centers can utilise the excess gas released during oil extraction which would otherwise be wasted. Cryptocurrency. Next ... Gazprom Neft launched a crypto mining project at its oil field in West Siberia in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okeug, a region in Tumen Oblast ... The US and Iran account for 45 per cent of the global gas flaring.

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Russian Oil Companies Propose to Mine Cryptocurrencies at Their Wells

Bitcoin 22 Oct 2021

Companies involved in oil production in Russia have come up with a project to organize the mining of cryptocurrencies right next to the oil fields they are exploiting ... Ministries and Central Bank Review Crypto Mining Project by Russian Oil Industry ... The company launched it at its oil field in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a region in Tyumen Oblast ... .

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World needs to step up on climate change for the good of all mankind, Putin ...

Russia Today 12 Oct 2021

Russia will now create at least 23 new protected conservation areas across the width of the world’s largest country, as part of renewed efforts to protect nature and fight global warming, President Vladimir Putin has announced ... At least 37 settlements were partially flooded in Amur Region and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast ... .

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When It Comes To Election Fraud, Not All Russian Regions Are Created Equal

Radio Free Europe 18 Sep 2021

Shpilkin put all Russia's regions into six groups from "clean" to "a rich tradition of fake voting protocols." Nine regions made the latter group, most of them from the North Caucasus, but also joined by Tuva, Kemerovo Oblast, and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region.

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Prospects of Armenia-Turkey normalization appear closer than ever

EurasiaNet 13 Sep 2021

Are Armenia and Turkey finally ready to rebuild ties? ... Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters two days later ... But Ankara broke relations two years later, during the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in response to Armenia’s occupation of Azerbaijani territories surrounding the former Soviet Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast ... .

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Despite positive rhetoric, Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks a distant prospect

EurasiaNet 02 Sep 2021

While the Armenian side has effectively given up its claim on the seven Azerbaijani territories it formerly occupied surrounding the Soviet-era Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, it continues to demand Armenian control over Nagorno-Karabakh itself, including the parts over which Azerbaijan regained control last year, such as Shusha and Hadrut.

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The Road Towards Peace: The Aftermath Of The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

OWP 28 Aug 2021

During the early 1900s, the Soviet Union decided to grant Nagorno-Karabakh an autonomous oblast status which was used to gain support for Soviet ruling from Armenia. However, this decision was reversed, and the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) was given to the Azerbaijan ...

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Siberian tigers dig claws in, reversing decline

China Daily 23 Aug 2021

Cameras captured a total of 52.8 million hours of film ... Conservation has had a significant effect," Jiang said ... The successful reestablishment of tigers in Wanda Mountain and the Lesser Hinggan Mountains also greatly benefited from the recovery of the tiger populations in Russia's Sikhote-Alin and its Jewish Autonomous Oblast, the study said ...