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September 22, 2023

It is the largest facility in Russia, producing 180 thousand cubic meters. Annual production of large-format birch plywood has started in the village of Vokhtoga, Gryazovets district of the Vologda region. This was reported by telegram channel The project of the Ministry of Industry and Trade – Plitwood LLC was approved according to the results of the competition within the department.

https://www.phosagro.com

28 July 2023

St Petersburg – PhosAgro Group, one of the world’s largest producers of phosphate-based fertilizers, plans to double its fertilizer exports to Africa in the next three years, according to PhosAgro CEO Mikhail Rybnikov, who was speaking at the Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum.

https://www.volwood.ru/en

Plitwood LLC – a joint project of Cherepovets Plywood Mill JSC and Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki Group JSC completed the construction of the buildings of the new plant for the production of wide-format plywood in the settlement of Vokhtoga, Gryazovetsky District, Vologda Region. The main financial partner was Sberbank PJSC. The Expert Council of the Industry Development Fund (VEB.RF Group) granted a preferential loan under the flagship program “Development Projects”. The total budget of the project is more than 12.5 billion rubles.

Nestlé is to expand its infant-formula manufacturing operation in a key emerging market, it has announced.

By Leonie Barrie

Nestlé is to spend RUB3.5bn (US$45.8m) on expanding its infant-formula manufacturing operation in Russia.

https://www.akm.ru

AK&M Information Agency

Severstal and the Management Company of Lidselmash Holding have signed a long-term cooperation agreement. This was reported by the press service of Severstal.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Mar 24, 2021

VOLOGDA, Russia: In a dense forest northeast of Moscow, logging machines cut down rows of trees as Russia taps foreign demand for its wood as part of efforts to reduce its dependence on oil exports.

Tulane News

https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-university-professor-william-brumfield-receives-russian-order-friendship-medal

December 12, 2019

Roger Dunaway

Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano

Tulane University professor and contemporary American historian William Brumfield has spent much of his life traveling the vast and remote lands of Russia and documenting its unique architecture, history and literature. On Thursday, Dec. 5, Brumfield’s nearly 50 years of work and dedication was recognized by the Russian Federation during a ceremony at the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., where Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov presented Brumfield with the Order of Friendship medal, the highest state decoration of the Russian Federation given to foreign nationals.

Russia Beyond the Headlines

https://www.rbth.com

Travel March 11 2022 William Brumfield

Photo: St. Sophia Cathedral. West domes & ceiling vault with frescoes of Dormition, Descent into Hell & Ascension. July 20, 2011 William Brumfield

Architectural historian and photographer William Brumfield takes a closer look at the magnificence of the 16th-century place of worship - still intact to this day.

Russia Beyond the Headlines

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Culture June 15 2023 Anna Sorokina

Photo: Alexei Fillipov/Sputnik

The harsh life on the shores of cold seas and rivers has inspired the inhabitants of the Russian North to create unique art that is admired even centuries later.

https://russkiymir.ru

Russkiy Mir Foundation

Sergey Vinogradov

As the Russkiy Mir reported, the famous Uffizi Gallery in Florence will allocate four rooms for Russian icons. The masterpieces by Russian iconographers will be exhibited for the first time in a permanent exhibition and will be included in the main itinerary of one of the oldest museums in Europe. The exposition will include 78 icons that were brought to Italy in the 18th and 19th centuries.