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By Rhod Mackenzie

Analysis of the results of show that Russia delivered 3.09 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China, which is a record amount in history of Russian exports to the country. The data is published by Interfax, citing the Chinese Customs Service , specifying that the gas was supp...

By Rhod Mackenzie

From 2026, the largest chemical group in Germany, Europe and the world, BASF SE, will receive 800 thousand tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year from America. Contract with American energy company Cheniere Energy Inc. calculated until 2043. BASF will be one of the first re...

By Imran Khalid

The August 2023 Brics summit in South Africa unfolds against a backdrop of an attempt by the Western media to project it as a divided club.

Aspiring entrants are showing an unprecedented interest in securing a spot in this club. Yet, the Western media is fanning the flames of all...

By Rhod Mackenzie

British, American and Japanese investment banks are downgrading Chinese GDP forecasts, foreign players are actively draining Chinese shares, and all this is fueled by the most gloomy discussions in the Western media.

Thus, 83% of fund managers in Asia believe that the decline...

By Evgeny Ogorodnikov

“The ruble weakened because it was too strong” - this unexpected phrase, seen in a random blog, made me wonder: what method can be used to assess with at least some objectivity the level of fortress or weakness of the ruble?

We took two periods, from 2000 to 2007 and from 2...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov called on the BRICS countries to develop cooperation in the field of low-carbon technologies and expand settlements in national currencies when trading energy resources.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Energy, he a...