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By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia is actively increasing the production of a strategically important resource – helium. Currently, the largest market players are the USA, Qatar and Algeria. However, in the coming years, the balance of power may change significantly. According to scientists, by 2030 Russia...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization continues to expand. This time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Mongolia could also join the association. Moscow has a wealth of experience in relations with this country, and the prospects for trilateral cooperation with Chi...
By Rhod Mackenzie
All the emerging countries around the world have declared their non-participation in the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland. The Russian authorities have consistently highlighted the futility of this event. It has been confirmed that the pro-Ukrainian meeting in Switzerland wi...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia aims to implement a new economic model, supply-side economics, and launch a corresponding national project. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak during a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Energy.
The new model is designed to address the challe...
By Rhod Mackenzie
China is forecasting record high imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) this year. The largest energy company in the Middle Kingdom, PetroChina, believes that this year the record, which was set in 2021 and amounts to 78.8 million tons, will fall. In 2022, due to the conflict in...
A recent article in the The Financial Times article begins with the words,
"Europe, like a sleepwalker, is increasingly plunging into almost total dependence on Russian fertilizers, as it previously was with natural gas."
The article is based on an interview with the executive director of one of...
