Chilean villagers suffer water shortages because of Europeans’ love for avocado

Locals don’t benefit from avocado business in Chile; a peasant in Petorca doesn't have water to irrigate plants, raise animals; the river is dry and life is unbearable, Alexander Panez Pinto, Modatima, told RT.

Russian Railways halts participation in Greek rail operator privatization

Russian Railways will not continue participating in the tender for privatization of the Greek railway operator TRAINOSE, the Russian company said on Wednesday.

Ukraine aims for achieving self-sufficiency in energy by 2025

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Friday that his country is determined to achieve energy independence by 2025.

Russia seeks to privatize its suffering ‘friend’ Greece. -Greece is also home to a robust Russian diaspora.

Russian investors are pursuing deals to help cash-strapped Greece privatize its economy and pay off its huge debt. Russian Railways RZD may take a 100 percent state in Greek’s TRAINOSE, and Gazprom has renewed talks with state-owned gas company DEPA.
Valentina Matviyenko, the Speaker of the upper house of Russia's Parliament has expressed her government's vested interest in the Greek economy. She's traveling with a group of Russian investors looking to to get a slice of Greece's privatization.
"Our position is that would not be an acquisition of assets, but rather a support for friendly Greece at the complicated economic stage," Matvienko said.

Russian Railways look at Greek transportation assets

Photo: RIA Novosti / Mihail Mokrushin

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Russian Railways (RZD) is seeking to acquire one of the key Greek ports and two transportation assets for an estimated €140 million. The deal would suit the company's plan to invest more into the European market.
RZD wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking for permission to take part in the privatization of the port of Thessaloniki, as well as the country’s sole railway services provider TRAINOSE and the Rolling Stock & Railroad Maintenance Company ROSCO, says Kommersant daily.

Βλέμμα στην Κίνα από την Αθήνα με σχέδιο αποκρατικοποιήσεων ύψους 50δις €

Με σχέδιο αποκρατικοποιήσεων ύψους 50δις € πηγαίνει η ελληνική κυβέρνηση στην Κίνα, σύμφωνα με δημοσίευμα του κινεζικού Τύπου, στοχεύοντας σε «μακροπρόθεσμες επενδύσεις».
Σύμφωνα με την κινεζική ηλεκτρονική εφημερίδα China Daily, ο έλληνας Γενικός Πρόξενος στην Σαγκάη, Ευγένιος Καλπύρης, τόνισε ότι μια ομάδα υψηλόβαθμών ελλήνων αξιωματούχων θα επισκεφθεί τη Σαγκάη στις 30 Νοεμβρίου, σε μια προσπάθεια να προωθήσει το πακέτο ιδιωτικοποιήσεων της Ελλάδας.