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By Rhod Mackenzie

Following increased monitoring of oil sanctions against Russia by Washington and the rest of the G7, tankers carrying Russian oil began to appear. However, buyers rejected these tankers to avoid being subject to secondary US sanctions. Consequently, several tankers carrying Russi...

By Ahmed Adel

On Monday, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that many large and small economies around the world have expressed willingness to start trading in rupee terms with India, which could be a “game-changing” development for India’s trade. This is another important step...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Venezuela purchases Russian oil to dilute its own production and sell or use it domestically. While there may be other new counterparties involved, the end buyer often remains the same.
Unfortunately, 'green energy' has not lived up to expectations.
The news of Russian oil supp...

By Rhod Mackenzie

In an interview with the Turkish news channel TRT Haber, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Chairman of the Khalk Maslahaty (People's Council) of Turkmenistan, stated that despite the global economic instability, the country's GDP grew by over 6% last year. This was reported by the Russi...

By Rhod Mackenzie

According to the Central Bank's 'Review of financial market risks', the yuan's share in Russia's export revenues rose to 40.8% in January, while in payments for imports it increased to 38.5%.

The report states that 'against the background of a decline in foreign trade volumes i...

Egypt is planning to urge BRICS member states to trade in their national currencies, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, quoting the newly appointed Personal Representative of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to the BRICS Summit Ambassador Ragy El-Etreby.

El-Etreby indicated...