By Rhod Mackenzie
The European Union is banning Russian gas with one hand,
and with the other, it's increasing its purchases amid severe cold weather. The reasoning behind it is that if it's cold, then it's allowed, even with a complete ban on gas imports from Russia. Europe has legally enshrined...
By Rhod Mackenzie
It appears that Poland is aspiring to become a leading hub for the transit of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imported into Europe. Warsaw has decided to become one of the focal points in European gas transit following the EU's decision to end its importation of Russian pipeline ga...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis a serious Trump sychophant , whose country is also an importer of Russian pipeline gas, has proposed a complete ban on gas imports from Russia into the European Union, including through the TurkStream pipeline.
He states that Greece...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Poland has called on the Ukrainian Armed Forces to attack Russian targets in Europe. Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, has issued the following statement. He views the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline as a precedent, which would give Ukraine the right to carry out furthe...
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...