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lovuian

(19,362 posts) Tue Mar 4, 2014, 04:08 PM Mar 2014

Largest Oil refinery on Fire in Europe....its in Russia [View all]

its in Russia
http://englishrussia.com/

“Neftekamskneftehim” is the largest oil refinery in Europe. It is located in Tatarstan, Russia and today, at 7.00pm Moscow Time, dozens of firemen were urgently summoned as the oil giant started burning

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Largest Oil refinery on Fire in Europe....its in Russia [View all] lovuian Mar 2014 OP

Ukrainian sympathizers? NightWatcher Mar 2014 #1

could be lovuian Mar 2014 #3

Putin better hope not. It 's over 1,000 miles from Kiev. n/t pampango Mar 2014 #9

Ethnic Tatars who are upset that the Russians have invaded Crimea, amandabeech Mar 2014 #19

Hmmm outside the usual CT sites, no confirmation nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #2

your right its suspect lovuian Mar 2014 #4

Well like the rebels took over a nuclear plant nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #5

European News Link lovuian Mar 2014 #6

Let me check bbc and the rest of the crew nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #7

I check reuters nothing lovuian Mar 2014 #13

They did cut the supply nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #18

All I can find goes back to the Russian source nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #8

I did find this that was interesting lovuian Mar 2014 #10

There are many coincidences on this one nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #11

yep especially when gas production lovuian Mar 2014 #15

closest I can find at the Pravda site nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #12

thats an interesting one lovuian Mar 2014 #14

They privatized all of it in the 1990s nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #16

In 2005. Brickbat Mar 2014 #17

Also, if they're actually talking about Nizhnekamsk, it's not anywhere near "the largest." Brickbat Mar 2014 #20

I think that is the largest in Tatarstan muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #21