Staff Writer - Boris is a staff writer focused on Eastern Europe, Russia and the ex-Soviet lubricant industry. Prior to joining Lubes’n’Greases in 2010, Boris was a Russia-based reporter for several Macedonian news outlets. He had a 16-month stint as a business reporter for The St. Petersburg Times and contributed analyses to an English-language outlet of RIA Novosti, a Russian state news agency. Boris often travels to St. Petersburg, Washington, D.C. and Skopje. Recently, he has also begun a part-time engagement as a foreign correspondent for North Macedonia’s state news agency, MIA.
A coalition of the G-7 group of leading industrial nations, Australia and the European Union agreed Friday to introduce …
Azmol and Agrinol, the largest lubricant producers in Ukraine, were taken over by forces aligned with Russia’s occupat …
Western oil companies may have pulled out of Russia, but they remain among the country’s most recognized motor oil bra …
Geljege Miras, a polymer products maker, has begun producing lubricants for cars and trucks at a blending plant in Turkm …
Russian refiners are bracing for the impact of the European embargo for their petroleum products including base oils and …
Gazpromneft-Lubricants’ new 220,000 metric tons per year API Group II and III base oil plant is almost completed, with …
The lubricants industry is the best kept secret in the battle to stop climate change and achieve sustainability goals, i …
Lithium could lose its spot as a most common thickener for automotive and industrial greases in the coming years because …
The global lubricants market will stagnate through 2050, with sluggish demand for transportation lubricants estimated to …
The shift to electric vehicles will make a significant dent in global passenger car motor oil demand within 20 years, at …
South Korean lubricant marketer startup Seoul Innovative Technologies Corp. recently began to have lubricants produced i …
Greece’s lubricant consumption rose 6% to 68,000 tons in 2021, driven by the country’s economic recovery from the ea …
Russia’s finished lubricant production is expected to fall 7% to 1.8 million tons for the full year 2022 due to lower …
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev recently signed a decree forming a task force charged with increasing domestic p …
Stellantis will open more EV battery plants in North America, spurred on by a favorable policy landscape and demand.
Russian independent lube maker Nordoil plans to expand its lubricant production site near Moscow to help fill the supply …
Not only are there insufficient electric charging points along the road networks in most European Union countries, but t …
The European Union introduced a new set of sanctions against Russia last week that restricts Russian oil and petroleum p …
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