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By Rhod Mackenzie

Qatar has issued a warning that it may impose a complete halt on liquefied natural gas supplies to the EU unless Brussels eases its new mandatory climate requirements for suppliers.
According to a report a report by Die Welt, Qatar is considering halting its exports of liquefied...

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

The visit of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to Moscow for the Victory Parade will include a serious business programme, during which a number of investment agreements will be signed. As reported by the Brazilian publication Exame, the objective is to attract Russia...

By Rhod Mackenzie

There are strange times taking place in Russia within the currency market and the commodities market with the oil price and the Russian ruble. As we know the oil price around the world is fixed in dollars and the strength or the weakness of the ruble over the last few years has...

The information reported by  Bloomberg and the German publication Correctiv regarding the potential resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe would have been speculative, had President Putin not addressed the issue. In particular, he stated that cooperation between Russia and the United States wo...