A massive oil spill in the northern city of Norilsk is being dubbed Russia's Exxon Valdez

Russian fuel spill declared federal emergency

Energo - CEE/FSU Power
FSUOGM - Former Soviet Union Oil & Gas
By Newsbase 4 June 2020
The Kremlin has declared a spill of diesel fuel at the power plant of Norilsk Nickel metals major in the Krasnoyarsk region as a federal emergency, and heads may start rolling as deep structural ESG dangers are exposed.

Turkey’s electricity consumption collapses 17% in May

Energo - CEE/FSU Power
By Akin Nazli in Belgrade 2 June 2020
Some analysts see indicator as more reliable than GDP, industrial output and PMI data when it comes to assessing extent of industrial activity in country.
The US State Department has accused Russia of destabilising Libya by flooding it with fake money

Malta seizes $1.1bn worth of “counterfeit” Libyan dinars printed by Russian state-owned company

AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas
By Ben Aris in Berlin 1 June 2020
The US State Department has announced that Malta seized $1.1bn worth of “counterfeit” Libyan dinars that were travelling by ship to the Libyan parallel government and were printed by the Russian state-owned company Goznak.
Turkish President Erdogan and his US counterpart have had several high-profile meetings since the Trump administration came to power in 2017, including this one at 2019's G20 Osaka Summit.

Trump Towers Istanbul partner ‘lobbied White House for vast expansion of US-Turkey trade’

DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa
EurOil - Europe Oil & Gas
MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
By bne IntelIiNews 29 May 2020
News service uses documents deposited by PR firm to reveal Mehmet Ali Yalcindag’s activities. Now head of Turkey-US Business Council, the businessman, once called a “close friend” by Donald Trump, is pushing to build up agriculture and LNG shipments.
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