Russian crude oil supplies increased by 50% this spring despite sanctions imposed by the countries of the G7 Due to the war in ukrainethe Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing data from analytics firm Kpler. The European Union, G7 countries and Australia introduced a US$60 per barrel cap on Russian oil last December, with the […]
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Cargo ships arrive at Ukrainian port through temporary corridor
Two cargo ships arrived at one of the ports of Ukraine during the weekend, using a temporary corridor of the Black Sea set by Kyiv after the departure of Russia of a war agreement aimed at guaranteeing the security of grain exports from the ports of the invaded country. Aroyat and Resilient Africa, two Palau-flagged […]
Russia’s largest untapped copper deposit begins production
The oldest copper deposit unexploited Russia started producing copper concentrateafter a ceremony supervised by videoconference by the president Vladimir Putin. The Udokan project, in the far east of Russia, comes online at a difficult time. The United States imposed sanctions on its operator – Udokan Copper LLC – in April as part of a wave […]
The postmen, a key piece for a liberated Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has given Ukrposhta, the Ukrainian public postal company, an unprecedented mission throughout its long history: to be the advance guard of the State in the territories that the Army freed from Russian occupation. “We are the first company to enter the vacated territories, and it is essential to be prepared […]
Putin “open” to negotiating grain deal after new attack on Ukrainian port
Russian President Vladimir Putin assured this Monday that he is willing to reactivate the agreement on cereals with Ukraine, just hours after the Russian army bombed Ukrainian agricultural infrastructure in a river port on the Danube. “We will do it when the agreements on restrictions on exports of Russian agricultural products are applied”, Putin declared […]
Erdogan after speaking with Putin: grain agreement could be resumed soon
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday after talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that it would soon be possible to reactivate the grain agreement which the United Nations says helped alleviate a food crisis by bringing Ukrainian grain to market. Russia walked out of the deal in July — a year after the […]
Russian unemployment rate hits new all-time low amid tense job market
He unemployment Russia reached a new all-time low in June and real wages rose 10.5% year-on-year, in a new test of the stickiness of the working marketaccording to data released Wednesday. The unemployment rate fell to 3.0% of the economically active population, compared to 3.1% of the previous month. Real wage growth was lower than […]
Russia confirms death of Wagner leader in plane crash
Russian investigators said on Sunday that genetic tests had confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the wagner mercenary group He was among the 10 people killed in the plane crash last week. The Russian aviation agency had previously published the names of the 10 people on board the private jet that crashed in the Tver […]
The expansion of the BRICS, the dawn of a new world order?
The group of emerging economies BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) gave the bell this week by announcing in Johannesburg the accession to the bloc of six countries, including Argentina, and left a question mark: Will this expansion mark the beginning of a new world order? ? Amid enormous expectation, the President of […]
Prigozhin’s death removes one problem for Putin, but may create new ones
The death of the mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a spectacular plane crash leaves the Russian president Vladimir Putin stronger in the short term, by removing a powerful figure who had challenged his authority and threatened to make him appear weak. However, it also deprives him of a shrewd agent who had proven himself useful […]