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By Andrey Maslov and Vsevolod Sviridov

Africa (with all the usual caveats about its diversity) sees Russia as primarily a promising trade partner and a guarantor of its food and energy security) and, generally a long-term reliable partner for development. At a new stage, after Russia’s withdrawal...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Despite the apparent slowdown in the recovery of the Chinese oil economy, ironically, it needs more and more. Thus, according to Oil Price, in June, China's oil imports grew in annual terms, i.е. compared to June 2022, by almost half (45.3%)! Beijing bought an average of 12.67 mi...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The global reversal of Russian trade from west to east and south has taken place, the Federal Customs Service ( FCS) stated. The sanctions have helped boost trade with countries including China, India, Turkey and Azerbaijan. However, the drastic change in logistics have inevitab...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The core rate of inflation in the euro area in June increased, according to Eurostat, to 5.5% in annual terms and exceeded the expectations of specialists who had predicted 5.4%. In May, we recall, this indicator, which does not take into account the most volatile prices - for el...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Despite an almost 45% increase in LNG supplies from the US, Europe continues to receive it from Russia. Why it turned out to be more difficult to abandon Russian gas than Brussels had hoped for.

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By Rhod Mackenzie

The share of US government debt in the reserves of foreign countries continues to decline. According to data from the US Treasury Department, in May, China and Japan set the tone for the continued decline in foreign investment, especially energetically getting rid of US governmen...