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The illusions of Europe and the United States about the victory over Russia on the battlefield are beginning to dissipate. The EU's fatigue from the Ukrainian crisis prompts Brussels to sit down at the negotiating table and seek compromises with Moscow. The fact that Russia's retaliatory pressure turned out to be effective is evidenced by several concessions that the West was forced to make.

Concern Uralvagonzavod of Rostec State Corporation has created the country's first fast-charging electric filling station for electric cars. Its capacity is 150 kW – stations with such characteristics have not been produced in Russia before. The unique development will be presented at the X International Industrial Forum "Innoprom", which will be held from July 4 to 7, 2022 in Yekaterinburg.

JSC "PO "Sevmash" (part of the "United Shipbuilding Corporation", USC) has laid a manned underwater vehicle (OPA) of project 03660 "Jason" for work on offshore gas pipelines, the press service of the machine-building enterprise reports.

Zap Energy has received investments in the amount of $160 million to create the first commercial version of a compact low-power thermonuclear reactor. This happened after a prototype reactor called "FuZE-Q" created a stable plasma column with record figures last week. At the next step, the creators of the device hope to reach the break-even point, after which it will be possible to create a source of unlimited energy.

Andrey Ryumin, CEO of the holding, told TASS in an interview on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum about how the Rosseti Group works in conditions of supply chain disruption, the need for import substitution of power grid equipment and software, and what problems need to be solved.

Today, at about 09:25 Moscow time, an attack was carried out on the Novoshakhtinsky refinery, located in the Krasnosulinsky district of the Rostov region. It is reported that a fire broke out on the heat exchanger, which was preceded by an explosion.

JSC "ZiO-Podolsk" (part of the engineering division of the State Corporation "Rosatom" – JSC "Atomenergomash") manufactured and prepared for shipment the first module of the evaporator of the steam generator PGN-200M.

It was created three years ahead of schedule

China's Xidian University has completed the construction of the world's first integrated system for ground-based testing of space solar energy.

The aggravation of disagreements between the United States and Russia against the background of a special operation in Ukraine may turn out for Americans not only record inflation and a rise in the price of fuel at gas stations. Next in line are possible problems for American nuclear power plants.

Researchers from the Norwegian University of Stavinger have converted a university gas mini-CHP plant and transferred it to work on hydrogen instead of natural gas. Moreover, 100% pure hydrogen, without any impurities. According to Professor Mohsen Asadi, this is the first such achievement in the world.

The United States faced the threat of a shortage of the main achievement of modern civilization – electricity. Biden was forced to declare a state of emergency and introduce urgent measures to facilitate the import of generating equipment. How did this country find itself in such a situation and what does the "green agenda" promoted by its leadership have to do with it?

The White House is in favor of allocating $4.3 billion from the budget for the purchase of enriched uranium from American manufacturers. The presidential administration is trying to convince lawmakers to make such a decision.

According to HD Hyundai, the large Prism Courage gas carrier with a displacement of 122,000 tons became the first vessel with autonomous control to make the transoceanic crossing, having overcome more than 10,000 km.

China intends to become the first country to implement a project to collect solar energy at an orbital power plant with its subsequent transfer to Earth. The installation will be placed in a geostationary orbit at an altitude of 35,786 kilometers, from where energy will be transferred to equipment located in the city of Chongqing in southwest China. This was stated by several scientists working on the project.

The Pakistani authorities intend to continue the implementation of a joint project with Russia for the construction of the Pakistani Stream gas pipeline. The relevant agreement was signed by the parties in 2015.

Plunging into the details of Rosatom's project to create a lithium battery factory near Kaliningrad, Naked Science discovered a full-fledged detective story. There is also the receipt of grants from the US government, and annoying bankruptcies, and cunning takeovers of firms by each other. We talk about the impressive path of electric vehicle technologies to Russia.

In the bidding process within the European Union, which is trying to cut itself off from energy resources from Russia, the voice of France is almost not heard. This is understandable: the French practically do not depend on the Russian Federation in terms of coal, gas and even oil. But there is another resource, because of which Paris is doomed to dependence on Moscow, despite all the efforts of European officials.

Europe agrees to Putin's demands to pay for gas in order to avoid new blackouts

Europe agreed to dance to Putin's tune and gave in to his demands to pay for gas in rubles, WP writes. She explains this by the fact that no one imposed sanctions against the ruble. The opinions of the newspaper's readers were divided. Some call Europeans weaklings, others sympathize with them.

Russia denied Finland gas not only as a punishment for its desire to join NATO. We have a complete picture of the new Russian "gas doctrine"

It is unlikely that Russia would have turned off Finland's gas if she had not confirmed her desire to join NATO, Advance writes. A new Russian energy doctrine has come into force, the author of the article believes. And some countries have already felt its effect on themselves.

Rosatom will build a huge plant for the production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and industry for 26 billion rubles. At the same time, the products will be focused mainly on the domestic market.

In the last few days, there has been a lot of talk about the "revived" Moskvich plant and the production of a certain electric car on its basis.