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Materials for microelectronics

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One speck of dust per trillion molecules: TSU scientists are developing technology for producing extremely pure materials for microelectronics
Viktor Sachkov, head of the Engineering Center for High-Purity Substances and Materials for Microelectronics:

Thus, all substances that are used in modern microelectronics during their manufacture are subject to special requirements - not only for the content of the main chemical substance, but also for insoluble by-products. With the same water, this is the purity level PPQ (particles per quadrillion), that is, the permissible content of impurities is one speck of dust per 10 15 .

The technologies for producing such super pure substances are also special. Starting with the fact that they can only be produced in especially clean rooms, where all parameters are strictly controlled. Now we are equipping this in the laboratory building of the SFTI, the total area of the room is about 200 sq.m. These are complex transformational transformations of the entire workspace.
What exactly will they do in the “clean room”?
There are many microelectronics manufacturers in Russia. The nuance is that many of them have worked for decades using imported raw materials and materials. During the Soviet Union, there were our own production facilities, quite strong, but in the 1990s they were, so to speak, lost. And now the state’s priority task is to restore the domestic raw material base, from which components will later be made.

The first part of the problem is the direct extraction of raw materials, so the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Natural Resources are rapidly putting into operation previously mothballed deposits and conducting additional exploration. There are rare earth elements, lithium, tungsten, molybdenum, and many other elements.

On the other hand, the issue of own production technologies is acute. The country's leading scientific teams, including those from Tomsk, have been involved in their development. In particular, the Ministry of Industry and Trade set the task of obtaining high-purity hydrogen bromide and tetrakis-dimethylaminotitanium before TSU (and the Engineering Chemical Technology Center (ICHTC) as the main contractor). Both compounds are used in semiconductor microelectronics technology and have specific consumers among Russian enterprises. In the future, teams of scientists will work on the synthesis of other strategically important substances for microelectronics.
Viktor Sachkov:

Our task is to develop all analytical methods, basic laboratory and technological regulations and provide initial data for the design and launch of industrial production . This requires special equipment, analytical equipment, which must be located, again, in clean rooms. After all, how can you assess the purity of a substance, even with the most modern instrument, if you conduct this analysis in a “dirty” room?.. Our clean rooms will be organized in accordance with ISO requirements, the university has purchased a specialized ISP-MS spectrometer, which is suitable for analyzing such product quality. All equipment will arrive by the end of the year, and the clean rooms will be operational by March 2024.
What's happening now?
According to Viktor Sachkov, laboratory samples of the necessary substances have already been received. While there is no clean room, scientists work in special boxes that ensure a certain level of cleanliness of the process.

Viktor Sachkov:

In addition to the fact that we need to develop technology, we must adapt it to our Russian raw materials. This is a huge amount of hard work, requiring our team to consolidate all our strengths and capabilities of the existing laboratory, technological and analytical base.

We received all the main domestic raw materials available by the end of July, and now we have almost developed analytical methods that allow us to assess their quality and suitability for microelectronics tasks. It is interesting, by the way, that the same bromine in Russia is found in only two places - in Crimea and Perm.

At the same time, we have assembled laboratory installations and will build larger versions of them in clean rooms. Industrial installations will already be located at the IHTC site on the Kuzovlevsky tract, in a full-fledged production facility, which is also currently being designed.

In general, within the framework of the Engineering Center for High-Purity Substances and Materials for Microelectronics, created this year, we must formulate a general global strategy that will include educational, scientific, and partly production components. TSU has very strong competencies of ceramists, microelectronics physicists, and chemists, and all of them will be linked into a common structure for the development of the country's security technologies.

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RIA Novosti: Russia has occupied more than a third of the world diamond market​

At the end of 2022, Russia occupied more than a third of the global diamond production market. Europe and the UAE became the leaders in exports, RIA Novosti reports.
According to the Kimberley Process (a 2003 certification system to prevent the flow of rough diamonds from conflict zones into world markets), the world produced 119.96 million carats in 2022. Of these, 41.9 million were in Russia, accounting for 35% of the market. Before this, Russia’s share in world diamond production until 2022 did not exceed 33%.

 

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There is bridge on Volga river in Samara that next year will become most important infrastructure facility. this bridge and another bridge near Kazan on Volga can substantially increase transport efficiency both inside Russia and with CIS/China..

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According to the governor of the Samara region, after commissioning, the bridge will become the most important infrastructure facility for the development of both the region and the entire country as a whole. Together with the route bypassing Tolyatti, the Volzhsky Bridge will become part of the transport corridor to Western China. At a working meeting with members of the government and contractors, Dmitry Azarov noted the importance of the project:
“The catch-up schedule that we drew up together with the team implementing the project allowed us to actually meet the standard deadlines. Now it is clear that the same "The declared readiness of 89%, as they say, is evident. There is full confidence that next year the bridge, as we expected, will be put into operation."

The 100-kilometer section of approaches to the Volzhsky Bridge is 95% ready on both the left and right banks. Project manager Anton Guryanov spoke about this

Moscow City-2 is another dense tall skyscraper project.

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Forest of skyscrapers: this is what the concept of the City-2 project looks like​

Russia open exhibition of economy that will run for several months in Moscow. The Kazan picture comes from video below when figure skater Kamila visiting it. she started career from there. I will not be surprized if Kazan rise further in importance among cities. It is hosting many sports and gatherings and Tupolev is expanding like 100,000 sqm.

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some economic data from Putin visit to Kazakhstan. Russian water from North can help in Kazak agriculture.

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Bilateral trade turnover today reached $27 billion, which is a record figure. The volume of direct investment from Russia exceeded $20 billion. It is significant that of the over 42 thousand enterprises with foreign participation operating in Kazakhstan, almost half, that is, 19 thousand, are Russian companies. We interact in almost all sectors of the economy: industry, agriculture, transport, infrastructure. I would especially like to note the growing level of cooperation in the energy field. A significant event was the recent launch of transit of Russian gas to Uzbekistan through the territory of Kazakhstan. This project plays a key role in strengthening regional stability and energy security in Central Asia. Construction of a Kazakh-Russian plant for the production of butadiene with a capacity of up to 340 thousand tons per year has begun with the Tatneft company. Negotiations on the construction of an enterprise that will produce polyethylene have been completed. Since 2019, the Program of Joint Actions in the field of industrial cooperation has been successfully operating. To date, 30 projects worth $3.2 billion have already been implemented under this program. About 60 more projects with a total value of over $27 billion are at the implementation or development stage. All this convincingly emphasizes that Kazakhstan and Russia are strategic partners and allies,” said the Head of our state.
A significant problem for us is the insufficient use of mineral fertilizers in crop production. In Kazakhstan, only 25% of the scientifically based requirement is contributed, while in Russia it is almost three times more. As a result, for most agricultural crops, yields in Kazakhstan are still significantly lower than in other leading agricultural powers. Russia is one of the largest exporters of organic fertilizers in the world. Due to the reorientation of sales markets, the import of Russian fertilizers into Kazakhstan has increased significantly, with corresponding consequences for Kazakh enterprises. I believe that we should not compete with each other in the internal market of the EAEU. We need to jointly look for ways to increase the availability of fertilizers for our farmers and enter foreign markets. Kazakhstan adheres to the position that in order to strengthen global food security, food products, fertilizers and seeds should be exempted from international sanctions, noted the leader of Kazakhstan.
We are starting to modernize the water sector. It is planned to build 20 new and reconstruct at least 15 existing reservoirs, modernize and digitize more than 3,500 kilometers of canals. This will make it possible to provide an additional two cubic kilometers of water by 2027. A new Water Code is being developed in Kazakhstan, aimed at reducing water resource shortages. Together with Russia, a Unified Roadmap for intensifying cooperation to conduct research in the basins of the large Ural and Irtysh rivers is being implemented. I would like to note that such a complex problem cannot be solved through the efforts of just one country. This issue must be approached jointly, taking into account a reasonable balance of interests. Taking this opportunity, I express the hope that our strategic partnership relations with Russia will guarantee a balanced approach to the joint rational use of water resources in the interests of the peoples of both countries,” said Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

 

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Russia presented new IL-76 at Dubai airshow it is parked next to Civil airliners and meeting with UAE minister happened in Russian pavilion. Russia has been participating in Dubai airshow almost since its creation and this the most important airshow for it not because for selling Aviation products in the region but building relationships and importing that Gulf culture of wealth creation and high demographics and it is seen its public life. Like this Hotel Gold in Grozny. Or that desert color shirt from Dagestan or Kazakh president welcoming Putin alone. And when ever there is some gathering in cities like Kazan. Gulf aviation have role in it and they overfly Kazakhstan. It is this Airshow that has enhanced Russia geopolitical significance and Gulf aviation deployed thousands of flights when Russian aviation was basically grounded post Ukraine. This is what Russian tourism kept alive by keeping prices competitive.

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Aurus assembly start in UAE and it will be its third production site.

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Russia has begun assembling the domestic luxury car Aurus in the United Arab Emirates, said Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov. The first Russian car assembled in the Emirates was the Aurus Senat brand, which will later be joined by the Aurus Komendant SUV. According to the Russian car dealership Panavto, the price of the Aurus Senat sedan starts at $443,700, and the Aurus Komendant starts at $447,000
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, which is the main official car of the President and Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, has already begun. In addition, it is planned to open a dealership center for the sale and customization of Aurus cars for buyers in the UAE, Manturov noted.

According to Manturov, the UAE will become a center for the supply of Russian luxury cars to the Middle East. “We are considering the possibility of expansion. We will first establish a strong foothold here in the UAE and then move on,” he said when asked about the possible opening of an Aurus showroom in Saudi Arabia.

Manturov previously stated that the countries of the Middle East and North Africa are considered the main export destination for Aurus cars in the foreseeable future.

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- “gold” and

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- short for Russia) is a line of luxury cars created in 2013 by order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation with the aim of replacing the fleet of mainly foreign-made cars used by senior Russian officials. The brand debuted during Putin's inauguration in May 2018. However, later it was decided that the cars would be available to the general public in both the foreign and domestic markets.

 

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Train traffic through the Severomuysky tunnel has been restored​

December 2, 2023
Train traffic through the Severomuysky tunnel on the Itykit – Okushikan section of the East Siberian Railway has been completely restored. The press service of Russian Railways (RZD) reported this on December 2.
“At 18:20 Moscow time, a freight train passed through the Severomuysky tunnel. “More than 120 people and special equipment were involved in resuming railway communication, as well as eliminating the consequences of the incident,” the message on the Telegram channel says.
The company noted that train traffic along the section was not interrupted, but it was organized along a bypass section with an increase in travel time. All passenger trains are on schedule.
Earlier, on November 30, Russian Railways reported a freight train fire in the Severomuysky tunnel. The train was stopped and two firefighting trains were sent to the scene. Some of the carriages were taken outside.
Prior to this, on November 27, train traffic was restored on the Black Sea coast , where there was a strong storm. Due to bad weather, bank protection work and restoration of the contact network were carried out.

 

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first stage of lithium mining and processing. one of the firm is from Rostec (aerospace). there is no reason Russia cannot be among top in lithium processing.

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Polar Lithium plans to commission the first stage of the mining and processing plant at Kolmozersky in 2026​

Moscow. October 5. INTERFAX.RU - Polar Lithium (a joint venture between Rosatom and Norilsk Nickel) expects to put into operation the first stage of a mining and processing plant at the Kolmozerskoye deposit in the Murmansk region in 2026, said the head of the company Igor Demidov, speaking at the Minex Russia 2023 forum
According to the company’s presentation, the first stage of the mining and processing plant will be designed for 400 thousand tons of ore. With the commissioning of the second stage, planned for 2030, production will increase to 2 million tons of ore.

“We had the design capacity by 2030, but we are now considering the option of launching the first phase in 2026-2027,” he told reporters.
“The first billions have already gone into the project,” Demidov said, answering a question about capital investments. The capex volume has not been revised, he clarified.

Polar Lithium plans to approve Kolmozerskoe reserves in the State Reserves Reserve in the second quarter of 2025, while preliminary exploration results suggest the possibility of increasing the volume of reserves approved in the 60s of the last century.

Now Kolmozerskoe reserves suggest up to 40 years of production with a planned level of 2 million tons of ore, from which 45 thousand tons of lithium carbonate will be produced per year.

Polar Lithium received a license for Kolmozerskoye

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. The one-time payment amounted to 1.7 billion rubles.

The Kolmozerskoye field is considered the largest in Russia (18.9% of domestic reserves, 75 million tons) and the most promising. The predicted resources of lithium oxide in category P1 are 152.6 thousand tons, tantalum pentoxide - 1215 tons, niobium pentoxide - 1485 tons.

The Kolmozerskoye field development project involves the production of lithium carbonate and hydroxide (in the amount of 45 thousand tons per year), which are also used in the production of batteries. Reaching design capacity is planned by 2030.

Currently, lithium, one of the key elements for batteries (including electric vehicles), is not mined in Russia.

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Moscow. October 13. INTERFAX.RU - The Commission of the Ministry of Natural Resources has decided to issue a license for the exploration and production of lithium at the Tastyg deposit in Tuva to Elbrusmetall-Lithium LLC (managed by Elbrusmetall JSC, part of the Rostec state corporation), the press service of the ministry reported.

“The final payment for the use of subsoil amounted to 557.8 million rubles,” the statement says.

The company is issued a license for 20 years.

As reported, the starting payment was set at 507.1 million rubles.

Elbrusmetall-Lithium LLC became the only participant in the auction for the right to explore and mine lithium at the Tastyg deposit. Off-balance reserves of lithium oxide there are 596.3 thousand tons. Off-balance reserves of niobium pentoxide (7.8 thousand tons), tantalum pentoxide (3.9 thousand tons) and tin (21.4 thousand tons) are also taken into account.

The Elbrusmetall mining holding unites companies participating in the implementation of the project for the resumption of mining and processing of tungsten-molybdenum ores of the Tyrnyauz deposit - Elbrus GRK LLC (Kabardino-Balkaria) and Nevhydromet LLC (Stavropol Territory). In addition, the group includes Elbrusmetall-Zoloto LLC, which in May won a license for the gold-polymetallic site named after. Mikhailov in Kabardino-Balkaria and Elbrussmetall-Engineering LLC.

In the near future, the Ministry of Natural Resources also intends to license the Zavitinskoye lithium deposit in Transbaikalia.

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this long interview about Soybean processing. the technology is still western. Russia is new into this business. truncated due to its size.

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General Director of Management Company ExOil Group LLC Nikolay Zhirnov: “The launch of a soybean processing plant will double the company’s business volume”​

07.11.2023, 14:11

− In 2020, the ExOil Group company began construction of the second stage of a plant for the deep processing of oilseeds. What stage are you at now?

− In 2023, we reached an agreement with the bank and began construction again in the fall. We plan to build the plant by the end of 2024.

− In January, ExOil Group closed a deal with Bunge for its Russian production. How is your interaction structured?

− We use our synergy in the purchase of seeds - today we are the largest buyer of seeds in the Central Federal District - with two factories, in Voronezh and Lipetsk. We exchange best management and functional practices through common projects. Operationally, the companies are different due to strong differences in organizational cultures. ExOil is only 7 years old - it is a young company that needs to become systematic and ready for business growth by 2 times after the construction of a soybean plant, and Maslenitsa has an already established production culture, regulations and established business processes. And now, after 9 months of management, we understand that there are other advantages of separate work due to the strong differences in business processes and different business rationales. Maslenitsa refines almost everything, bottles most of it and sells it through brands, which, of course, is a profitable business model when there is a brand like Oleyna, which is one of the top three market leaders.
− Have you always focused on these areas?

- No, until 2022, ExOil worked with large international traders - ADM, Vitera. In fact, in cooperation with them, we exported almost all of our oil. At the beginning of 2022, they stopped cooperating with us and even made a couple of defaults on previously signed contracts. Therefore, we created our own structure, which independently and directly concludes contracts with clients in China, India, etc. We integrated the trader function within the company.

Exports of Maslenitsa were previously entirely directed within Bunge; it was prohibited to work with external export buyers.

− Competition for the brand itself or quality?

And at ExOil we are not squeezed by the domestic market, we work on the world market, and from the point of view of vegetable oils it is bottomless, there is no crazy competition, there is rather a question of price and the question of the price of raw materials and the question of the processor’s margin.

We are now consistently pursuing a growth strategy in the direction of exports. There is a positive factor here: there is a definite opportunity to redistribute effective sales zones. There is a company called Sodrugestvo, which produces part of the meal, which is sold in Russia, at its Kaliningrad factories. It is clear that as soybean processing capacity increases in the Central Federal District, soybeans must be transported from Central Russia to Kaliningrad for processing and back - soybean meal less profitable than simply processing soybeans here and selling the meal to consumers in the Russian Federation.

− Is this enough to satisfy the market need?

− Yes, the ExOil plant and the Sodruzhestvo soybean plant planned in the Far East will completely satisfy the Russian market’s need for soybean meal from domestic raw materials.

− Is this a higher-margin business? Why did all the giants decide to engage in soybeans?

− There is a certain niche: the country consumes a lot of soybean meal, and it is largely produced in Kaliningrad from export beans. For a long time, soybean was an unfamiliar and difficult crop to grow for peasants and farmers compared to grain and sunflower. But now soybeans are the most profitable crop among oilseeds and grains, so soybean crops will continue to grow.

- Yes, and there were problems with consumption, it seems to me... Soy means low-quality meat, for example.

- These are stereotypes. Soy is an environmentally friendly product. Our soybeans in Russia are not GMO, unlike American producers. In the Russian Federation, soybean processing products are mainly used to produce soybean meal for the production of feed for raising animals and poultry. Soybean meat is still quite exotic for the Russian market.

− When do you plan to reach design capacity?

− We plan to reach full design capacity in 2025.

We are building a modern automated plant using Western technology - in the current realities there are risks with the launch. The equipment was purchased, there is an agreement with the equipment manufacturer for the launch, but today it is difficult to be sure of the future - the geopolitical uncertainty is too great. Now the chains of movement of money to the West and delivery of equipment from there have become more complicated. By December 2024, we should enter commissioning. The assembly of the elevator silos has now begun, and construction is also actively underway at the oil extraction plant site. We will overcome all the starting points, forming a team not only of the design office, but also of contractors. In general, the plant is such a transformational investment for ExOil, because when we launch, the business will more than double.

- Will there be enough raw materials?

− Soybean cultivation in the Central Federal District is progressing. Last season, 2022/2023, a record gross harvest was set, and this year the forecast is even higher. Soybean is a high-margin crop. The peasant needs to grow something that gives him more income. And soybeans today provide more income than grains and even than sunflowers.

Well, because we have an excess of sunflowers and the soil is depleted after it...

Unlike Ukraine, where 30% of crop rotation is sown with sunflower, in Russia it is about 10-12%, which is fully consistent with crop rotation technology and does not deplete the soil.

sunflower oil has always been premium, because in terms of its consumer qualities it is better than soybean oil and much better than palm oil. This imbalance occurred due to the fact that Ukrainians are forced to sell at any price. On the one hand, this increases the sunflower oil market in the world, and on the other hand, the price becomes less attractive.

At the same time, processing capacity in the country is increasing - Efko is building a plant in Tolyatti, Aston has also begun building an oil extraction plant in the Orenburg region. Rusagro is increasing its existing sunflower processing capacity, and we have also increased Maslenitsa volumes by 10%. Sunflower this year has every chance of setting a record in terms of both gross harvest and processing.

− What is the share of Russia and Ukraine in the global sunflower oil export market?

− Now the two countries together account for approximately 80-90% of the global sunflower oil export market. The next exporter is Argentina with significantly lower export volumes. Previously, Ukraine was the absolute leader, but over the past 2 years, Ukraine’s exports have been declining, while those of the Russian Federation have been increasing, and perhaps in the 2023/2024 season, Russia will take first place in the world in terms of sunflower oil exports.

- What about soybeans?

- For soybeans it’s a different story. The main product in the Russian Federation from soybean processing is not oil, but meal. In terms of meal, the Russian Federation has not yet achieved import substitution, in terms of raw materials for meal. The Russian Federation so far imports more than a million tons of soybeans per year, which are processed into meal in Kaliningrad, but also exports about a million tons of soybeans from the Far East to China. Complete import substitution can be achieved after the commissioning of processing facilities for ExOil in the center and Sodruzhestvo in the Far East. Soybean is the most profitable crop among grains and oilseeds. If there is a demand for soybeans due to new processing capacities, the peasant will grow more soybeans. Therefore, the area under soybeans will increase.

− Are there any technological features to switch from sowing sunflower to soybeans?

In general, the situation with soybeans along the entire value chain for both the agricultural producer and the processor is more profitable than the cultivation and processing of sunflower. This will continue until soybean processing capacity exceeds the soybean meal consumption market in Russia. But given the opening of the pork export market in China, the meal consumption market in Russia will grow. The more pork that is exported, the more meal it contains. Our country has reached a surplus of pork production, so the opening of China to pork exports will give a new impetus to the development of pork production capacity and, as a result, the production of animal feed, and accordingly, the consumption of soybean meal will increase. If Russia exports significant volumes of pork to China, then perhaps new soybean processing plants can be built, because it will be a profitable crop for agricultural producers.

 

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Cancer drugs come from China​

Petrovax has agreed to supply oncological drugs​

After limiting the presence of Western pharmaceutical companies in Russia, Russian players are forced to look for partners in Asia. Petrovax, which until last year belonged to Vladimir Potanin’s Interros, agreed with the Chinese Jiangsu Hengrui on the supply and subsequent localization of several oncological drugs, including camrelizumab, which belongs to the same class as Keytruda from the American MSD. But, despite the active development of the market, Chinese companies cannot yet compete with Western companies in terms of innovation and quality, experts are sure.
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Petrovax has entered into a licensing agreement with Jiangsu Hengrui for a number of drugs, the key of which is the oncology drug camrelizumab, Petrovax told Kommersant. They clarified that camrelizumab is planned to be registered in Russia in 2024, followed by a phased localization of the drug in the country to the substance stage. Hengrui did not respond to Kommersant’s request.

Camrelizumab belongs to the PD-1 protein inhibitors, the same class as pembrolizumab (the original drug Keytruda from MSD) and nivolumab (Opdivo from the American BMS). According to Headway Company, pembrolizumab and nivolumab are among the leaders in government procurement in the oncology drugs segment in January-September 2023. During this time, government procurement operators purchased a total of 26.5 billion rubles of these funds.

Petrovax was founded in 1996. In 2014, Vladimir Potanin joined Interros, who in October 2022 transferred the company to President Mikhail Tsyferov and VB Partners Ruben Vardanyan and Mikhail Broitman. According to

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, the company is now wholly owned by Mikhail Tsyferov. Petrovax's own products include the Grippol flu vaccine and the immunomodulator Polioskidonium. The company's revenue in 2022, according to

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, amounted to 11.6 billion rubles, net loss - 0.5 billion rubles.

Camrelizumab was approved in China for the treatment of liver cancer in 2020 and is being tested for other indications. An application from Jiangsu Hengrui and its partner from South Korea to register this drug in combination with another drug is currently being reviewed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Jiangsu Hengrui, according to its own data, has launched 13 drugs on the market. The company's revenue at the end of 2022 amounted, according to Global Data, to $3.16 billion.

After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict, many international pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Novartis, Sanofi, MSD, suspended investments in Russia, as well as conducting new clinical trials. As a result, Russian pharmaceutical manufacturers turned towards Asia, says Nikolai Bespalov, development director at RNC Pharma.

Andrey Belousov , First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, in November:
“Due to the departure of a number of Western companies, new opportunities are opening up for Chinese partners in Russia.”

Thus, Binnopharm Group agreed with the Chinese Mabwell to license the production of a full cycle of several products based on monoclonal antibodies, the general director of the Russian company, Rustem Muratov, said in an interview with Kommersant in April (

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). Such an agreement on the localization of Chinese biosimilars adalimumab and denosumab in Russia was signed at the end of 2022. Binnopharm Group confirmed that they plan to organize the production of these drugs by spring, as previously stated.

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Petrovax President Mikhail Tsyferov believes that Chinese companies in three to four years “will be able to become absolute leaders in new molecules.” Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturers have come to replace international players in Russia, but on the global stage they cannot yet compete with American and European companies, Ilya Yasny, head of scientific expertise at the venture fund LanceBio Ventures, is convinced. In China, in his words, they basically “repeat and catch up,” but they also make their own developments, although they are still inferior in quality to innovations to the developments of Western companies. In addition, the expert emphasizes, China, like Russia, is not among the countries with mature regulation of the pharmaceutical industry according to the WHO classification. Because of this, he said, for example, the American regulator treats data from China with great caution and pays special attention to dossiers submitted from there.

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Turkey has published first 10 months of Tourist inflow. Russia still at the top. It is highly likely that majority of these tourists from Russian muslim regions. they constitute 22% of total outward Russian tourist flows based on 9 month of Russian data.
you cannot directly compare Russian tourist strength with countries like Germany. Russia has large military security establishment. so highly likely alot of people are barred from visiting country like Turkey and Russia has huge domestic tourism spots so much less need than small place like Germany.

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Foreign arrivals in Türkiye hit 44.2M in January-October​

About 5.8 million Russians arrived in the first 10 months, marking a 26% year-over-year increase, to top the list among nations, followed closely by Germany at 5.7 million and the United Kingdom at 3.6 million, the data showed.

In October, Germany unseated Russia with 860,635 visitors, a 15.3% year-over-year increase. Some 672,198 Russians arrived last month, a decline of 12.5%, while the U.K. ranked third with 441,449, rising 13.8% from the 10-month period of 2022.

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Novak said that Russia and Turkey could reach record levels of tourist flows​

Following the meeting, the Russian government noted that in the first three quarters of 2023, Turkey accounted for 22% of all trips of Russian tourists abroad, which provided 13.2% of the foreign tourist flow in Turkey

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Restaurants in Moscow are packed. “The restaurant market is growing, not only in Moscow, but throughout Russia, facilitated by the development of domestic tourism,” said a top Russian restaurateur. “And the quality of food is also changing for the better. Sure, panic struck the industry in early 2022, but it quickly passed.”

 

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Ria has compile Russian regions by absence of bad habbits. most of Muslim regions are on the top and even in mix regions have significant muslim population. If Chechnya number 1 than Saint Petersburg is 23. Putin want large families a norm but he will have to overcome this statistics first.

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Rating of Russian regions according to the absence of bad habits​

Over the course of the year, the situation with giving up bad habits has improved in 72 Russian regions. The population of the North Caucasus still leads the healthiest lifestyle in Russia: the leaders are the Chechen Republic, the republics of Dagestan and Ingushetia. Residents of the Kamchatka Territory, the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Republic of Khakassia, on the contrary, are in no hurry to give up smoking and drinking alcohol. See the infographics from Ria.ru to see where your region is in the ranking.