As of the end of November of this year, the Omsk branch of Russian Agricultural Bank JSC (member of Omsky Biocluster) provided over 4B RUR ($ 59.84M) to SMEs in the region. Of these, about 1.8B RUR ($ 26.93M) were allocated for seasonal work, 429M RUR ($ 6.42M) - for the purchase of specialized equipment. 
ASF stories out of China are updated and changing every day. Last Sunday a Chinese feed company announced that they found African Swine Fever in some feed samples. 
The second training of the Project School of StartUpAcademia of Omsky Biocluster was held on November 24 in Omsk Regional Business Incubator. 
The plant for deep processing of oilseeds Prodex-Omsk can not go bankrupt on its own. Now the company is threatened with bankruptcy, but not independent and controlled, but under pressure from Promsvyazbank. 
Americans reduced their consumption of chicken and eat more beef and pork, as President Trump’s trade wars reduce US pork exports to China and Mexico and leave more cheap meat in the domestic market. 
November 21 - 24, Kazan hosted the final of the Russian National Award 'Student of the Year 2018' among universities. This year, more than 5,000 people from 63 regions of Russia took part in the event. 
The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia reported that over 10 months of 2018, Russia increased pork production by 9.7%. 
The State Duma adopted a Statute regulating the production and turnover of bioethanol used as fuel. The Statute establishes that the Statute on state regulation of the production and turnover of ethyl alcohol will not apply to the production and (or) turnover of motor gasoline produced with the addition of ethyl alcohol or alcohol-containing products.