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By Rhod Mackenzie

This year Russia will continue to redirect oil supplies to the Asia-Pacific region (APR), including China and India, said the Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak at the plenary session of the TNF Industrial and Energy Forum on 20 September.
According to him, last year Russia p...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Gold mined in Russia, against the backdrop of a ban on imports into G7 and EU countries, has found new supply channels and is now being shipped to the UAE, Hong Kong and Turkey by dozens of small logistics companies and traders previously unknown to the industry at large
The san...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Trade turnover between Russia and China in January-August this year increased by 25%, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia reported in its telegram channel following the results of the 15th meeting of the Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation of the Russian-Chinese Commissio...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Chinese Sinopec Corp has already purchaed more than 30 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ahead of winter in a tender for deliveries from October 2023 to the end of 2024. The results of the tender exceeded the plans of the Chinese energy giant, which had originally plann...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo presented a plan to abandon Russian gems to the world's leading diamond industry representatives in New York on Tuesday, writes the Belgian publication Soir.
"Alexander de Croo proposed to the elite of the jewellery industry gathered...

By Gevorg Mirzayan

"It is possible that during the summit new threats of colour revolutions will be made, with the help of which Washington will try to bend the local elites to its will". This is how political scientists predict the first-ever meeting of the US president with the leaders of Centra...