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By Rhod Mackenzie
The situation in Venezuela in the aftermath of the Presidential elections is currently unstable. The opposition maintains its objection to the National Electoral Commission's (CNE) decision to recognise Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the popular vote.
Mr. Maduro himself howev...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The American oilfield servicing giant SLB (formerly Schlumberger) is pursuing expansion in Russia this is despite the withdrawal of major competitors following the onset of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, this is according to a Financial Times report citing customs filings and empl...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In light of the West's refusal to buy Russian oil, other buyers are showing a huge interest in it and are buying it vast quantities.plus most of them are really making serious amounts of money out of it and if fact the only people who are not making money out of it are the Euro...
Of the 53 tankers subject to sanctions, only three were able to continue their work transporting Russian oil, while the remainder were forced to cease operations. This is the conclusion reached by Bloomberg. However, the situation is not as straightforward as it may appear at first glance. There are...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Over the past two years, the concept of the "Global Majority" has emerged as a prominent feature in Russian foreign policy discourse. The term is used to define the group of more than 100 countries that are not participating in the West’s economic sanctions against Russia. The mo...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to Russia in five years highlighted two key areas of economic cooperation between the two countries. These are the oil trade and the construction of nuclear power plants and the supply of nuclear fuel. What can India expect from R...
