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In April 2024, China imported a total of 14.737 billion cubic metres (in the form of liquefied natural gas and through pipelines). This represents a 6.5% increase compared to the previous year, according to a report from the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China. This r...
By Rhod Mackenzie
According to a report in the newspaper Izvestia, payments from Russia to China have improved in recent months. In March and April, there were almost no transfers to China. However, this changed following Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing. As the entrepreneurs explained, small reg...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia and Vietnam are consistently switching to using national currencies in trade. Now the share of transactions in rubles and dongs has reached 60%, Vladimir Putin said during his visit to the republic on June 20. In addition, Moscow and Hanoi agreed on a joint statement on ex...
British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, founder and head of the petrochemical giant Ineos Group, has stated that the high cost of electricity and carbon have undermined the competitiveness of the European petrochemical industry, sending it into a state of decline.
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Mr R...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Brazil became one of the countries that did not sign the final declaration of the summit in Switzerland on Ukraine. The largest country in Latin America criticizes the United States, refuses to follow Western sanctions and supports Russian efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine....
In countries that are formally democratic, legitimacy is derived from the support of the masses. So you would thik it would be logical to assume that the ruling parties and/or coalitions would be the ones that have the most support.
However, you should not be surprised that the concept of democrati...
