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By Rhod Mackenzie
The invitation to six countries to join BRICS should not be considered in the logic of the "Cold War of the last century". This is according to the Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauru Vieira who wrote in an article published in the Folha de São Paulo newspaper..
The head of the S...
By Rhod Mackenzie
China's post-pandemic recovery will lead to a sharp rise in oil demand in the coming months, the IEA predicts. Until now, Western analysis has been dominated by scepticism about the prospects for the Chinese economy. Oil prices responded to the agency's report with growth. This w...
By Rashid Alimov.
The countries of Central Asia, as independent parties engaged in international relations, do not want the region to become an arena of multilateral competition in the spirit of the “Great Game”. They have other long-term interests: strengthening the neighbourhood as well as bui...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The OPEC+ countries participating in the deal reduced their production by 20 thousand barrels per day in August compared to July, to 35.99 million barrels per day, the overhang of quotas amounted to 3.59 million barrels per day, according to the monthly report of the Internationa...
By Timofey Bordachev
The capital of the Russian Far East, Vladivostok, is currently hosting the annual Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) - a major public event and showcase for the country's pivot to the East.
This ambitious policy was adopted by Moscow just over a decade ago, when President Vladimir...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The EU reports a sharp fall in its dependence on Russian oil and gas, but the US share of its imports has risen sharply. How does this threaten Europe?
Eurostat reports that by the end of June 2023, dependence on oil from Russia will have fallen from 29.2 per cent to 2.3 per ce...
