Eurasian Economic Union May Set Up SEZ In Cuba
September 4th, 2022
Via Russia Briefing, a report that the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) may establish an industrial park in Cuba: Cuba has proposed that the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) create an industrial park on the island, the bloc stated on Friday (September 2). The initiative has been discussed during a recent virtual meeting of the Eurasian Economic […]
Read more »The Rise (and Fall?) of the Polar Silk Road
September 2nd, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on the sizeable gap between China’s ambitions for the PSR and its actual capabilities and accomplishments in the Arctic – and the gap has widened since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: This month, the Biden administration announced it would soon name an ambassador-at-large to cover the Arctic, as part of the […]
Read more »Taliban Wants Russian Oil In Exchange For Minerals and Medicinal Herbs
August 23rd, 2022
Via Business Insider, an article on the Taliban’s interests in importing oil from Russia in exchange for minerals and medicinal herbs: The Taliban regime in Afghanistan is discussing a deal with Moscow that could involve trading Russian crude oil products in exchange for raisins, minerals, and medicinal herbs, according to RIA Novosti, a Russian state-owned news agency. Nuriddin […]
Read more »More Difficulties For The Caspian Pipeline Consortium
August 23rd, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a report of difficulties for the Caspian Pipeline Consortium: In a press release on August 22, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium confirmed reports that it had suspended oil loading at two of its three single mooring points at the Black Sea terminal Yuzhnaya Ozereye, near the port of Novorossiysk. Reuters had reported on the suspension […]
Read more »Turkish Companies To Help Rescue LNG Project In Arctic Russia
August 13th, 2022
Via Radio Canada International, a report on a Turkish company’s plan to help rescue a LNG project in Arctic Russia: Big western companies are pulling out of Novatek’s grand Arctic LNG 2 project. Turkish companies, among them Karpowership, appear ready to take their place. The unprecedented Arctic industrialization that over the past years has unfolded along […]
Read more »Russia: Using Sudan’s Gold To Fund Ukraine War Effort
July 30th, 2022
Via CNN, a report on Russia’s alleged plundering of gold in Sudan to boost Putin’s war effort in Ukraine: Days after Moscow launched its bloody war on Ukraine, a Russian cargo plane stood on a Khartoum runway, a strip of tarmac surrounded by red-orange sand. The aircraft’s manifest stated it was loaded with cookies. Sudan rarely, […]
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