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By Rhod Mackenzie

The leaders of German Industries have been making blunt statements about the current situation in the country caused by the combination of Green Energy Policies  and sanctions on Russia curtailing the cheap gas via the Nord Stream Pipeines. Their blunt statement amount to 'We're...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The current business environment in Europe is is characterised by a range of factors, including sanctions, restrictions and the so-called "green transition". It appeared that the period of Russian gas dominance in Europe was coming to an end. However, Eurostat's May data brought...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russian and China who are members of both the SCO,BRICS  plus being large trading partners really need to sign off on the deal for both the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline and some long term contracts for the Russian Arctic LNG as this would solve a number of the potential energy sup...

By Rhod Mackenzie

I will never understand the logic or the thinking of the EU It seems that the EU thinks that if your package of sanctions is a complete failure then just put together another package which is where we are at now after three years and almost 20 packages of sanctions.
The European...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia is investing $8 billion in Iran's gas projects, and part of this amount — about $5 billion — is already earmarked for specific contracts, according to the Islamic Republic's Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali. Russia's involvement in Middle Eastern affairs could potentiall...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping's talks have increased the likelihood of the signing of a new historic gas contract with China this year, under the Power of Siberia 2 project. The primary concern is the cost of future supplies. There are even rumours that Russia will sell gas to Ch...