Tag: Russia
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India Denies US Pressure to Cut Russian Oil Imports
India denies US pressure over Russian oil imports, insisting commercial interests, competitive pricing and Middle Eastern discounts drive purchasing decisions.
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Trump Furious Over Ukrainian Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries
Trump condemns Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, warning of rising fuel prices as tensions with Zelensky threaten American military support.
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Kremlin Confirms US-Russia Talks Over Lukoil’s $22 Billion Assets
Washington and Moscow discuss Lukoil’s $22 billion foreign assets as US sanctions complicate potential acquisitions by international energy companies.
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Rosneft Fears Long-Term Damage from Ukraine War
Rosneft faces mounting financial pressure as Ukrainian refinery attacks disrupt production, increase repair costs and threaten its long-term viability.
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A Personal Message to Vladimir Putin
A personal appeal to Vladimir Putin, asking Russia to welcome disillusioned Westerners seeking employment, stability, opportunity and a fresh start.
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Did Russia and China Ultimately Win the Cold War?
Did Russia and China Ultimately Win the Cold War? Perhaps Russia and China ultimately won the Cold War—not militarily or…
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Trump Allows India to Keep Buying Cheaper Russian Oil
Trump waives tariffs on Russian oil buyers, allowing India to maintain cheaper imports despite rising global crude prices and shipping…
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Is the EU Buying Stolen Russian Gas from Ukraine?
Could Russian gas allegedly stolen from Ukrainian transit pipelines years ago have entered EU markets? Questions remain about ownership and…
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Iran Struggles to Find Alternative Oil Export Routes
Iran faces limited pipeline infrastructure and tanker capacity, making alternative oil export routes through the Caspian Sea difficult and costly.
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Russian Plastics Processors Seek Government Support as Costs Rise
Russian polymer processors seek government support as weakening demand, rising costs and falling equipment investment put pressure on the domestic…
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EU Criticises Trump’s Plan to Buy Russian Diesel
European leaders criticise Trump’s Russian diesel deal, warning it could weaken sanctions pressure on Moscow while questioning its impact on…
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Trump Pushes Ukraine to Stop Attacking Russian Oil Refineries
Trump pressures Zelensky to stop bombing Russian refineries, hoping to lower fuel prices, but Russia has not accepted the ceasefire.
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Russia and China Expand Their Grip on the Arctic
Russia and China strengthen their Arctic presence as competition intensifies over shipping routes, energy resources, minerals and strategic infrastructure.
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Can Cyprus Play a Role in a US-Russia Oil Partnership?
A possible US-Russia Lukoil deal could create new strategic opportunities for Cyprus and Greece within the Eastern Mediterranean energy landscape.
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EU and Ukraine undermine efforts to normalise oil market
Ukraine says its strikes have affected facilities representing 51% of Russian refining capacity, disrupting operations and increasing pressure on fuel…
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A Satirical Message to Vladimir Putin
Satirical message to Vladimir Putin
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Macron Links EU Competitiveness Loss to Russian Gas
Macron links Europe’s competitiveness decline to the loss of cheap Russian gas and growing competitive pressure from China
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Lukoil Deal Signals a New US Russia Relationship
U.S.–Russia talks reportedly include a multibillion-dollar Lukoil deal, linking oil assets and energy interests to broader Ukraine negotiations.
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EU Energy Security Depends on US and Nigeria
Europe’s winter energy vulnerability exposes how replacing Russian dependence with new suppliers may have diversified risk rather than eliminated dependency.
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Roman Abramovich: The Last Soviet Golden Boy
Roman Abramovich’s journey from Soviet-era entrepreneur to global tycoon traces the rise of Russian capitalism, Chelsea’s transformation, Putin’s Russia and…
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Europe Helped Destroy Eurasia’s Downstream
Europe helped isolate Russian refining. Now Ukrainian strikes are tightening diesel markets, exposing the strategic cost of dismantling Eurasian energy…
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Trump vs China: The Oil Price War
Trump’s Iran strategy may squeeze China’s oil lifelines, boost American crude, and push Beijing into an even tighter energy alliance…
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China Turns to Russian Oil as Middle East Supplies Tighten
China’s growing purchases of Russian oil could raise costs for smaller refiners and affect plastics production.
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Refinery Attacks Cut Russian Gasoline Supply by 30%
Russia’s Fuel Crisis Adds Pressure to Fragile Global Market
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EU Still Needs Russian Oil & Gas
Geopolitical instability is narrowing Europe’s energy options just as winter approaches, exposing the consequences of increasingly fragile supply routes.
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EU Sanctions: Ordinary Russians are Paying the Price
After several years of sanctions, one question deserves to be asked: who is really paying the highest price?
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To Solve the conflict in Ukraine
Europe is drifting without a clear roadmap for peace, locked into a cycle of escalation, rhetoric, and reconstruction promises that…
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EU politicians have no brains according to Putin (Video)
Putin is right on this one. Europe has no shortage of politicians, yet we still seem to take every possible…
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Belgian PM is smartest man in the European room
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever maintains that it is in Europe’s strategic interest to pursue a peace settlement with…
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Russia – EU Gas supply becomes a game of poker
I monitor all news related to the war in Iran that could affect oil prices.
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How Oil prices caused the collapse of USSR
History of oil in USSR / Russia and how oil precipitated the fall of the USSR. This is a FREE…
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Vladimir Putin, Person of the Year 2022 (FREE)
The person of the year 2022 is undisputedly Vladimir Putin. This is a FREE article.
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Fashion Brands Linked to Russian Oil
Fashion brands’ hidden links to Russian oil in a time of war
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Smurfit Kappa Exits Russian Market
Smurfit Kappa Group plc (‘SKG’ or ‘the Group’) announces that it has decided to exit the Russian market.
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Ukraine Asks BASF to Stop Business in Russia
Zelensky asked companies like BASF to stop doing business in Russia.
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The Future of Agriculture Video
Russian video on the future of Agriculture and Russian Mars Colonisation Program. I love the fractal cucumber.
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Enzyme Responsible for Wheat Immunity
Russian biologists discover enzymes responsible for the nonspecific immunity of wheat
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New PLA Partnership in Russia (FREE)
Natural Materials and Sulzer sign PLA technology agreement. This is a free article.
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Russia Changes Climate Policy
Putin orders Russian government to try to meet Paris climate goals
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Russia Claims Major Bioplastic Breakthrough
It’s a major discovery if this is true. It could turn the bioplastics paradigm upside down. It’s not possible according…
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Russian Polymers Improve Thermal Stability of Bioplastics
A paper was published by Kazan Federal University’s Organic Compounds Lab in Reactive and Functional Polymers. One of the key…
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Russia Starts Operational Phase of New 10.000 Tons Per Year PHA Plant
MOSCOW, BOLOGNA, SEPTEMBER 9th, 2019 – – The TAIF JSC Group, a player in the traditional petrochemical sector, announced the…
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Russia Enters Bioplastics Through Putin and Italian Connections
PRESS RELEASE – Bio-on grants bioplastic technology license to Russian group TAIF for production in Russia.
