Surgut

[sur-goot, soor-goot]

noun

1. a city in the autonomous region of Khantia-Mansia, in central Russia, on the Ob River.

Example Sentences

The French and Italian oil majors told their suppliers, including Russia’s Rosneft and Surgut, that they would be ready to make payments when the extent of damages is clear and would pay for clean oil when supplies resume, the sources said.

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The religious denomination, which is banned in Russia, says seven of its believers were beaten, shocked and suffocated during interrogation in February at the Investigative Committee office in the city of Surgut.

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According to the group, early in the morning of Feb. 15, security services carried out mass searches of homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Surgut and the town of Lyantor, both in the region of Khanty-Mansi in Siberia.

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The worst of the Soviet Union’s interrogation methods appear to have been revived recently in the Siberian city of Surgut.

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The investigative committee in Surgut denied the allegations but then said it would investigate.

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