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Opec+ agrees modest output hike after market jitters over larger increase
VIENNA (Realist English). Opec+ has agreed to raise oil production by a modest 137,000 barrels per day starting in November,...
Oil prices extend losses on OPEC+ output outlook and Kurdistan export restart
SINGAPORE (Realist English). Oil prices fell for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, pressured by expectations of a fresh OPEC+...
Global oil market faces late-2025 surplus amid weaker Asia demand, IEA warns
PARIS (Realist English). A sharp increase in global oil production, led by Saudi Arabia, will begin to collide with softening...
Eight OPEC+ producers to cut oil output by 547,000 bpd in September to support market stability
RIYADH (Realist English). Eight key OPEC+ countries — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and...
Biden’s reaction to OPEC+ decision to cut oil production
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Joe Biden called the decision of OPEC+ to reduce oil production quotas "shortsighted" at a...
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...
Japan weighs expanding defense budget to include space and infrastructure projects
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan is considering a significant expansion of what qualifies as defense-related spending, potentially counting space, infrastructure, and...
Putin convenes Security Council over Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear testing
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Friday to discuss Washington’s...
Putin appoints Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of Tver region
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of the Tver region, according to...
OPEC+ halts planned output hikes amid fears of oil glut in early 2026
VIENNA (Realist English). The OPEC+ alliance has decided to pause its oil production increases in the first quarter of 2026,...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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