On 19 August 2025 in Elista, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium handed over the buses procured under the CPC Charity Program for the budgetary institutions of Kalmykia. The ceremony was attended by the CPC General Director Nikolay Gorban, the Chairperson of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia Gilyana Boskhomdzhieva, the CPC Deputy General Director for RF Government Relations Mikhail Grishankov.
A comfortable, modern and safe 53-seat bus was provided to the State Children’s Dance Company “Tyulpanchik” named after E.V. Tolkachev. In 2025, the company celebrates an 80th anniversary of its founder and a 10th anniversary of holding the title of “state”. The tasks of the institution include identification and support of dance-gifted children, development of arts concert programs, as well as arrangement of concert tours inside and outside the Republic. The vehicle will make it possible for the company to stop the practice of an expensive bus rent to participate in major inter-regional and federal projects.
A similar bus was granted to the Budgetary Institution “Republican Youth Center”. The vehicle is needed for field training sessions in the district municipal entities, seminars and conferences to preserve cultures, involve youth in volunteer activities.
The total cost of the CPC-procured vehicles is RUR 35.4 million.
It should be noted that the CPC interaction with the authorities of the Republic of Kalmykia is accomplished within the framework of the 5-Year Cooperation Agreement signed in April 2022, which covers all socially important spheres of the Republic life – healthcare, education, culture, children’s sports and provides for a targeted assistance to the most vulnerable population groups. In 2024, the Consortium allocated RUR 157 million for charity projects in the Republic. The Consortium tax remissions to the consolidated budget of the Republic of Kalmykia in 2024 reached RUR 3.18 billion.
Kalmykia hosts a 200-km section of the CPC pipeline and three pump stations: Komsomolskaya PS, PS-2, PS-3.
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The CPC pipeline system is one of the largest projects in the energy sector in the CIS. Length of the Tengiz–Novorossiysk Pipeline is 1,511 km. This route transports over two thirds of all Kazakhstan export crude, as well as crude from Russian oil fields, including those in the Caspian Region. CPC Marine Terminal is equipped with three Single Point Moorings (SPMs) that allow to load tankers safely at a significant distance offshore.
CPC Shareholders: Russian Federation – 24 %, IC CPC Company (LLC) – 7%, NC KazMunayGas JSC – 19%, Kazakhstan Pipeline Ventures LLC – 1.75%, Chevron Caspian Pipeline Consortium Company – 15%, Lukoil International GmbH - 12.5%, Mobil Caspian Pipeline Company– 7.5%, Rosneft-Shell Caspian Ventures Limited– 7.5%, BG Overseas Holdings Limited– 2%, Eni International N.A. N.V. S.ar.l. – 2% and Oryx Caspian Pipeline LLC – 1.75%.