Russia has done more for Crimean Tatars since the reunification than Ukraine has in over two decades while the peninsula was under its rule, Resit Kemal As, advisor of the head of Crimea Sergei Aksenov, told Sputnik. According to the advisor, Russia has taken significant steps to solve the Crimean …
Read More »How London is being sold off to Qatar?
Gulf state’s investment arm adds latest acquisition of Claridge’s to portfolio already boasting landmarks from The Shard to Canary Wharf Qatar’s Constellation Hotels bought majority share in company behind Claridge’s, The Berkeley and The Connaught Five-star hotels latest in impressive list of high-profile acquisitions, including The Shard, Harrods …
Read More »Cash is King: Saudi Arabia Spending Foreign Reserves at Record Speed
Saudi Arabia is burning through foreign reserves at an unprecedented pace as the new king’s generosity toward state workers and conflict in the region further strain public finances already damaged by the slump in oil prices. The kingdom spent $36 billion of the central bank’s net foreign assets – …
Read More »Iran to join competition for oil supply
By Aygun Badalova Trend After the removal of the West’s sanctions from Iran, in particular the oil embargo, the country will become a full-fledged player in the market and will join the competition in supplying oil, Vladimir Sotnikov, the senior fellow at the International Security Center of the …
Read More »Black PR by White House
By Elchin Mehdiyev Azer News The trite phrase that “history repeats itself” has been nowadays acquiring the most bizarre forms. If once the US was a colony of Europe, now everything is repeating itself exactly in the opposite direction. And it impossible to give any other name to …
Read More »Kazakhstan to resume oil production in Kashagan
By Sara Rajabova AzerNews Kazakhstan will resume oil production in its largest oil and gas field – Kashagan, located in the north of the Caspian Sea. Vladimir Shkolnik, Kazakhstan’s energy minister said oil production at Kashagan field in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea is expected to …
Read More »TAP regulatory authorities prolong validity of pipeline’s exemption from EU gas directive provisions
Trend: The regulatory authorities in TAP’s host countries – Greece, Italy and Albania – have released a joint opinion, prolonging the validity period of TAP’s exemption from certain provisions of the EU Gas Directive. TAP’s exemption has been updated in line with the planned commencement date of Shah Deniz …
Read More »Iran sets conditions for U.S. carmakers willing to enter its market
By Sara Rajabova Azer News Iran has set some conditions in view of allowing U.S. car manufacturers to access into the Iranian market should sanctions be lifted this summer. Assadollah Asgaroladi, the head of Iran-China Chamber of Commerce, said American car manufacturers should not be given “easy” access …
Read More »China at the Crossroads
By continuing its economic rebalancing, China could increase the scale of its economy by trillions of dollars. By Stephen S. Roach China is at a major crossroads on its long journey to economic development. A still sluggish post-crisis global economy is at an equally critical juncture. In an …
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