UOKiK said its own investigation had shown that Gazprom, France's Engie, Austria's OMV, Shell, and Germany's Uniper and Wintershall Dea had concluded a number of agreements regarding financing for Nord Stream 2 without having first obtained its approval to establish a joint venture for the project.

Amendments to the agreement include phased reductions of US imports of uranium from Russia as well as the periodic updating of the import quotas.

Over January-September, Russian gas flows into Europe -- excluding the countries of the former Soviet Union in line with Gazprom's own sales data -- totaled 96.65 Bcm, down 22.2% year on year.

Ожидаемый объем дополнительных нефтегазовых доходов федерального бюджета прогнозируется в октябре 2020 года в размере - 76,6 млрд руб.

The Danish Energy Agency granted the permit on Thursday almost a year after the application was submitted.

OPEC and 10 allies, including Russia, are in the midst of a historic production cut accord aimed at helping the oil market recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The curbs initially started at 9.7 million b/d for May-July, before tapering to 7.7 million b/d from August through the end of the year.

Nord Stream 2 would double the capacity of the gas corridor via the Baltic Sea to Germany to 110 Bcm/year and would reduce the need for Russia to use Ukraine as a transit country for gas supply to Europe.

Russia’s crude oil export in January-July 2020 was down 4.2% year-on-year to 143.2 mn tons. In terms of value, crude oil export decreased by 36.6% year-on-year making $43.9 bn.

Russia has 36 nuclear power units in operation and three new ones under construction. In March, Russia's Ministry for Economic Development published a draft strategy for low-carbon development to 2050. The strategy's basic scenario would see nuclear output grow from 203 TWh in 2017 to 225 TWh in 2030 and 260 TWh in 2050. State nuclear corporation Rosatom's foreign orders include 36 units, which are at various stages of implementation.

Russia's improvements were largely in health, reflected in better child and adult survival rates and reduced stunting.