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There has been a sudden and significant shift in Europe's stance on nuclear energy. However, this shift in attitude is somewhat unexpected.
Nuclear power is now experiencing a resurgence in Europe. The energy price crisis that began in 2021 and worsened in 2022 with the outbreak of hostilities in U...

The war of chip makers  just took a new turn . Last week, China announced the creation of photolithographic machines capable of producing chips using a very level high technological process — above 8 nm. This is a leap of over a decade and a half of progress in these technologies.So why is  this so...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to postpone its scheduled consultations with Russia in Moscow . This is obviously a consequence of the sustained pressure to impose further useless  sanctions on it  and the anti-Russian rhetoric that is prevalent in a number of IMF member countries...

Gazprom has taken first place in the list of Russia's most unprofitable companies in the year of 2023. For 35 years, the company, which was a symbol of the money that Russia earned from its gas and only ever generated only profits for the state which is its majority shareholder.
However, this trend...

Today I want to talk about energy and the need for the BRICS to have a coordinated energy strategy given that a number of them are major producers and other members are large consumers.  
It seems that the Russians also seem to think that a common energy strategy is a good idea.

The Russian Minis...

Today I want to look at the BRICS and its influence in Latin America which traditionally has been the domain of the USA. Although only one Latin America country is a member of the BRICS alliance a number of others have either applied for or expressed interest in joining the organisations
So what is...