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By Rhod Mackenzie

The prioritization of increasing payments in local currencies between SCO member states is crucial, this was stated by the Deputy Secretary General of the organization, Grigory Logvinov, during a press conference on Tuesday. Currently, this process has been successfully implement...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on official business.

In Abu Dhabi, Putin engaged in talks with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan that discussed the current state and potential future of the mu...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The market practically overlooked the thirty-sixth meeting of the relevant ministers of the OPEC+ oil club countries on November 30. Although there were production cuts announced of 2.2 million barrels per day (mbd), oil prices briefly increased before decreasing again, ultimatel...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia's trading of alliances from Europe to the Middle monarchies has proved lucrative. On 6th December, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and on the following day,the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi travelled to Moscow for meetings with Putin. T...

By Rhod Mackenzie

India's decisions regarding its energy procurement are solely based on its national interests and are not influenced by the opinions of foreign powers. This statement was made by Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,the Indian Minister of External Affairs, during his address to the annual c...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused Russia of severing energy ties with Europe and has blamed Moscow for the all the problems that Germans' currently face. Why cannot the German authorities admit their own responsibility? And how do ordinary Germans respond to such "po...