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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...

By Pepe Escobar.

It will take ages to unpack the silos of information inbuilt in the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok last week, coupled with the – armored - train-keeps-a-rollin’ conducted by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un straddling every nook and cranny of Primorsky Krai.
The key themes...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The volume of trade between Russia and China may exceed $200 billion by the end of this year, the Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov told reporters in Beijing.

The Russian delegation led by Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov is on a working...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The leadership of the European Union is trying to erect a new "Iron Curtain" in Europe, limiting the possibilities of communication between peoples. This is stated in the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry published today, 18 September, on the "clarifications" of the Europea...