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German concern BASF to cut 2,600 jobs amid high costs in Europe
LUDWIGSHAFEN (Realist English). German petrochemical concern BASF will cut 2,600 jobs and stop repurchasing its shares amid further revenue declines...
EU to lay electric cable to Azerbaijan by 2029
BUCHAREST (Realist English). On December 17, the heads of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and the Baku mini Sultanate signed an agreement...
EU reduced annual gas imports from Russia from 41% to 9%
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The EU continues to reduce its dependence on Russian gas. This was stated by European Commissioner for...
The price ceiling for hydrocarbons: Russia is a trial balloon, the monarchies of the Persian Gulf are next in line
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Institute for International Political and Economic Strategies (RUSSTRAT) has analyzed a recent article by the British...
Putin’s going to sell natgas to EU and US for rubles
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed in the shortest possible time to convert into rubles payments for...
Expensive crude oil benefits bigwigs from Wall Street
NEW YORK (Realist English). Goldman Sachs analysts doubt that OPEC members will be able to increase production to replace Russian...
Russia is ready for tough confrontation in energy sphere
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia is ready for a tough confrontation in the energy sphere, if necessary, Nikolai Kobrinets, director of...
US banned import of Russian oil: consequences
WASHINGTON (Realist English). On March 8, the US government announced a ban on the import of Russian oil. "Russian oil...
EU plans to slash gas purchases from Russia by two-thirds
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union announced on March 8 its intention to reduce purchases of Russian gas by two-thirds...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
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