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By Rhod Mackenzie

Europe is enduring a serious a heatwave. In recent years, drought has caused gas prices to skyrocket, helping to boost Gazprom's revenues. Given the sharp drop in Gazprom's earnings this year, any increase in prices due to the weather will only help. Will gas prices rise in Europ...

By Anastasia Stepanova

For a long time there has been a process of reorientation of Russia’s trade flows from the West to the East. The Asian market is huge; it has enormous growth potential and the population has a continually increasing purchasing power. The Trade cooperation with the BRICS coun...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Emirati company ADNOC Gas, which is a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC, has entered into an agreement with Indian Oil Corporation to supply India with up to 1.2 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year. This was part of a statement posted on...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in violation of all agreed laws and norms of diplomatic correspondence, actually published his personal message to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry, publish...

By Rhod Mackenzie

China will formulate comprehensive policies to further attract foreign investment, expand market access and enhance communication with foreign firms and chambers of commerce, in a bid to set up a higher-level opening-up system and attract global resources, the National Developmen...

By Chu Daye and Qi Xijia

Officials from China's top economic planner have reaffirmed the good recovery momentum of the Chinese economy on Tuesday, one day after key economic data was published on Monday, injecting a confidence booster to market entities amid the "slowdown" hype by Western media.

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