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Russia’s oil export revenues have declined sharply on the backdrop of record volumes of supplies
PARIS (Realist English). The International Energy Agency (IEA) has reported a sharp drop in Moscow's oil revenues, amid record volumes...
Singapore almost tripled oil imports from Russia after the EU ban
SINGAPORE (Realist English).Singapore's imports of Russian naphtha nearly tripled in the first quarter of 2023 after the European Union banned...
Sanctions against Russia heighten threat of oil spill disaster
OSLO (Realist English). The Chief Executive Officer of one of the world's largest shipping insurance companies has warned of the growing risk...
Russia has bypassed Saudi Arabia on oil supplies to China
MOSCOW (Realist English). In the first two months of 2023, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the main supplier of oil...
The Russian budget’s dependence on the oil market is striking
MOSCOW (Realist English). The vulnerability of the Russian budget on the oil market is striking, especially in light of the...
Germany is no longer dependent on gas, coal or oil from Russia
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany is no longer dependent on gas, coal or oil from Russia, the German government says. Russian...
High oil consumption outweighs weak supplies to Europe and Asia: IEA
PARIS (Realist English). In the fourth quarter of 2022, global oil demand will decrease by 110 thousand barrels per day...
Turkey has supported the G7 sanctions against Russia, blocking the Bosphorus for tankers with oil more expensive than $60 per barrel
ISTANBUL (Realist English). After the introduction of the oil price caps for Russian crude, a traffic jam of oil tankers...
Europe is experiencing its energy decline
MOSCOW (Realist English). At the Eastern Economic Forum, Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov made an unexpected statement that, according to...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
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...
Is Iran’s survival not a victory? Tehran under US and Israeli pressure
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
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...
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