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By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia is investing $8 billion in Iran's gas projects, and part of this amount — about $5 billion — is already earmarked for specific contracts, according to the Islamic Republic's Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali. Russia's involvement in Middle Eastern affairs could potentiall...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping's talks have increased the likelihood of the signing of a new historic gas contract with China this year, under the Power of Siberia 2 project. The primary concern is the cost of future supplies. There are even rumours that Russia will sell gas to Ch...
By Rhod Mackenzie
At the end of April, the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin approved the Energy Strategy of Russia until 2050. The strategy's objective is to transition the energy sector to a new paradigm, ensuring affordable and reliable energy provision for the population and economy, wi...
The ongoing trade tensions between the US and China are intensifying. In response to Donald Trump's 34% tariffs, Beijing introduced a symmetrical response and also ceased purchasing American liquefied natural gas (LNG). In addition, due to the high tariffs, China has begun to resell it on the global...
The high-profile story of Trump's Godfather like "gonna make you an offer you cannot refuse to Zelensky for Ukrainian natural resources has attracted widespread attention, but the American president's true motives and plans in this direction remained a mystery to most commentators, although the sol...
The information reported by Bloomberg and the German publication Correctiv regarding the potential resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe would have been speculative, had President Putin not addressed the issue. In particular, he stated that cooperation between Russia and the United States wo...
