(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Feb.2023) — Today, President Biden is in Kyiv to reaffirm America’s unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, The White House announced 20 Feb. 2023 in a Twitter post. The United States of America will stand with the Ukrainian people for as long as it […]
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UK on Imports of Fossil Fuels from Russia
(UK Parliament, 16.Jan.2023) — The UK imported no coal or gas from Russia in November 2022. The total value of UK fossil fuel imports from Russia has fallen since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. It was ÂŁ2.98 billion in the year to November 2022. Russia’s 2022 […]
Shunned Over War, Russians Holiday on Venezuelan Resort Island
(Agence France-Presse, 6.Dec.2022) — Venezuela: Shuttled between tourist spots, posing for pictures on beautiful beaches, and dancing awkwardly to merengue: Russian tourists have found a friendly holiday destination on a Venezuelan island far from the motherland and its war with Ukraine. Isla de Margarita is a tropical gem with white-sand […]
Global Economic Growth Slows Amid Gloomy Outlook
(IMF, 26.Jul.2022) — The global economy, still reeling from the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is facing an increasingly gloomy and uncertain outlook. Many of the downside risks flagged in our April World Economic Outlook have begun to materialize. Higher-than-expected inflation, especially in the United States and major European […]
Russia-Ukraine War Could Slow Global Economic Growth to 2.5% This YearÂ
(WoodMac, 12.Apr.2022) — Global economic growth could slow to 2.5% year-on-year in 2022 and 0.7% in 2023 due to the Russia-Ukraine war, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK). The company has produced a downside scenario for the global economy assuming large spill-over effects from the Russia-Ukraine conflict through transmission […]
Ukraine War Could Wipe Out 1 MMb/d of Regional Demand
(Rystad, 2.Mar.2022) — War in Ukraine could result in as much as 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil demand being removed from the global market, Rystad Energy research shows. The human and material costs of the conflict have been catastrophic just seven days into the military operation. Russia […]
How the War in Ukraine Could Empower Maduro
(Foreign Policy, 25.Feb.2022) — The highlights this week: how the war in Ukraine could prolong Venezuela’s political crisis, Colombia decriminalizes abortion, and a Mexican marathoner completes a cross-country journey. When Anti-Imperialism Meets Noninterference In the weeks before Russia began its large-scale invasion of Ukraine this Thursday, two Latin American presidents, Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and Alberto Fernández of […]
Russia/Ukraine Conflict Could Hurt Trinidad and Tobago in Long Term
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 23.Feb.2022) — War! What is it good for? Apparently it’s good for oil, gas and petrochemical prices. For the past few weeks concerns over Russia’s aggressive stance against Ukraine have contributed in part to the daily increase in oil, gas and ammonia prices. Foreign Affairs Minister […]
Venezuela Wooed Texan Lawmaker To Ease Sanctions
(AP, 22.Jun.2020) — Venezuela’s socialist government tried to recruit then-Congressman Pete Sessions to broker a meeting with the CEO of Exxon Mobil at the same time it was secretly paying a close former House colleague $50 million to keep U.S. sanctions at bay, The Associated Press has learned. An official […]
US Senators Expected To Sanction Nord Stream 2
(Reuters, 29.May.2020) — Two U.S. senators are expected to introduce next week sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline that Russia is trying to finish, but which Washington has opposed since the Obama era, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. The sanctions, which would have […]