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By Rhod Mackenzie
The major BRICS countries of China,India and Russia are at the forefront of the use of and the the continued building of nuclear power plants to generate clean sustainable energy while the West has pinned its hopes on the so called renewables of Wind and Solar the BRICS are goin...
Not a single high-ranking Chinese official went to the airport to see off US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who ended his visit to China so ingloriously. What were the key issues that led to the failure of the most important negotiations for Washington? What did Blinken demand from China regardi...
By Rhod Mackenzie
There is no longer any uncertainty regarding the future of the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) after 2024, when the current five-year transit contract expires. It is unlikely that the contract will be renewed. However, this does not mean that transit will cease entirely...
The growth of industrial production in Russia in March 2024 amounted to 4.0% year-on-year after an increase of 8.5% in February and 4.6% in January, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reported.
In the first quarter of 2024, industrial production in the Russian Federation increased by 5...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The scheme proposed in India for using the rupees of Russian suppliers for export to third countries can be implemented under two conditions: the discount on the return of proceeds must be less than the existing one, and India will have to form a sufficient pool of orders for its...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The past year is unlikely to be a good one for Russia's energy sector. Under the influence of sanctions and other negative circumstances, the Russian Federation's oil and gas revenues fell by almost a quarter (23.9%) in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to Reuters.
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