Russia To Export 5.5 Million Tons Urals From Primorsk In Aug

Russia To Export 5.5 Million Tons Urals Crude From Primorsk In August

Vast sections of Russia were under a state of emergency Friday as more than 10,000 firefighters fought to save villages and forests from being reduced to ash and ember during the country's hottest summer on record.

MOSCOW, July 30 (UPI) -- Russia says it plans to spend $200 million building the country's largest wind-power plant in the southern Krasnodar Territory near the Black Sea. Russia - Wind power - Business - Black Sea - Travel and Tourism

* Russia's central bank leaves rates unchanged

Russia declared emergencies in 27 crop-producing regions, four more than a week earlier, because of the worst drought in at least a decade.

Russias central bank left its main interest rates unchanged for a second month as an economic recovery in the worlds biggest energy exporter gathers speed and after inflation slowed.