An influential global body has forecast Russia’s economy will grow faster than all of the world’s advanced economies, including the US, this year. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Russia to grow 3.2% this year, […]
Daily Standup Top Stories States are acting to prevent their own electricity crisis April 16, 2024 Stu Turley The Wall Street Journal editorial board warned recently that the Biden Administration’s climate agenda is forcing the retirement of fossil-fueled power plants […]
India’s largest private refiner, Reliance Industries, has sought to resell U.S. WTI crude within weeks of buying it, anonymous trading sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg, as signs have started to emerge that more Russian […]
The French president has been “oscillating” between war warnings and calls for peace, the news outlet said Some French security officials are “apprehensive” of President Emmanuel Macron’s public rhetoric, in which he seems to be […]
Under the terms of the 2024-2025 cooperation deal, Algeria and Moscow will jointly tackle terrorism and other crimes Moscow has signed a cooperation agreement with Algeria on a variety of issues, including fighting transnational […]
Russian Copper Company (RCC) and Chinese firms have avoided taxes and skirted the impact of Western sanctions by trading in new copper wire rod disguised as scrap, three sources familiar with the matter told […]
The West might be hoping domestic economic strains facing China will curb its appetite for global competition, even foreshadowing a retreat. But the opposite seems much more likely: an intensification of Beijing’s geopolitical assertiveness, worsening […]
Washington and London have limited trading of Russian aluminum, copper, and nickel on their exchanges Washington has banned the import of Russian-origin aluminum, copper, and nickel into the US, and coordinated with the UK to […]
Friday morning saw activists from Greenpeace Nordic launch a protest against a bunker vessel accused of fuelling the Russian so-called shadow fleet in open seas off the Swedish island, Gotland. The activists approached the vessel […]
A local official says such a move would further enhance Mali’s relations with Moscow, a state of affairs that has been decried in the West Mali is interested in using Russia’s Mir payments system, Badra […]
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