Energy

Tatneft

Russia Gaining Indian Carbon Credits From Investments In Uzbekistan Solar Power

Commonwealth of Independent States, Energy, Finance, India, Investment, Russia

Russia’s Tatneft has registered a project to generate solar power in Uzbekistan on India’s Universal Carbon Registry platform, the company has stated, saying, “We have installed solar power plants with an overall capacity of 0.33 MW on the roofs of a tire manufacturing plant in Uzbekistan. Clean solar energy is now used for production needs, […]

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Lukoil

Lukoil To Sell Overseas Subsidiaries To Swedish Billionaire

Energy, Russia

Russia’s Lukoil, which was sanctioned by the United States last week, has responded by selling its overseas assets to the Gunvor Group, based in Switzerland. Gunvor is among the world’s largest oil traders, 85% owned by Swedish billionaire Torbjörn Törnqvist. The remaining equity is held by its employees. Lukoil is Russia’s second-largest oil producer, accounting

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Japan

Japan To Continue Buying Russian Oil Amongst Domestic Consumer Pressures

Asia, Energy, Exports, Trade

Japan will continue importing Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) despite pressure to halt purchases, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Trump was visiting Tokyo as part of a broader Asia tour and urged Japan to suspend Russian energy imports. The new Japanese prime minister, however, emphasized Japan’s own energy

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Malaysia

Russia, Malaysia Discuss Bilateral Trade Development; 2025 Trade Up 32.1% 

Asia, Energy, Exports, Imports, Investment, Trade

Russia could increase exports of energy resources, industrial equipment, and agricultural products to Malaysia and consider building small- and large-capacity nuclear power plants in the country, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk. He has been meeting with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation Fadillah Yusof at the

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New Border Main

New Russia-China Ussuri River Cross-Border Checkpoint Opens

China, Energy, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russia

A new Russia-China cross-border checkpoint has opened, situated at Lesozavodsk, in Primorsky Krai. It is near to the Chinese city of Jixi in China’s Heilongjiang Province, where the Russia-China border runs down the length of the Ussuri River. Lesozavodsk is 10 kilometers from the Sino–Russian border and about 300 kilometers north of Vladivostok. The Lesozavodsk

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RL1

US Sanctions On Rosneft & Lukoil: Economic Impact Analysis

China, Economy, Energy, India, Middle East, Russia, Trade

The US administration has placed full sanctions on Russia’s Rosneft and Lukoil, and threatened secondary sanctions on companies that service them. These companies handle about 50% of all Russia oil production and exports. We look at the likely impact of these moves. Freezing of all Rosneft and Lukoil assets in the United States Neither have

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Kazakhstan

Russia, Kazakhstan Bilateral Relations & Nuclear Power Agreement: October 2025 Update

Commonwealth of Independent States, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Investment, Security, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has been holding meetings with the new Kazakh Foreign Minister, Ermek Kosherbaev, in Moscow. A key part of the discussions related to Russian commitments to Kazakhstan concerning construction of the first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, with Lavrov saying, “Russia is among the leading trade partners of Kazakhstan, the

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Yemen

Russia, Yemen Bilateral Relations: October 2025 Update

Africa, Agriculture, Economy, Energy, Middle East, Security, Trade

The Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Alexander Novak, has met with Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Yemen, and the head of the Southern Transitional Council, in Moscow.  The two sides discussed a broad range of issues concerning trade and economic cooperation. Novak stated that “Russia and the Republic of Yemen are connected

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Sinopec

China Withdraws Investment In Europe As Sinopec Hong Kong Purchases Russian SIBUR Equity From Its Own Cyprus Subsidiary

China, Energy, Finance, Investment, Russia, Security

Sinopec’s Soihl Hong Kong Holdings have purchased 217,847,910 (8.5% of the total equity) shares in SIBUR from Soihl Cyprus Investment Limited, also a subsidiary of Sinopec, the Chinese state-owned Petrochem giant, moving the SIBUR equity holding away from the EU to Hong Kong. The transfer was made following a decree issued by Russian President Vladimir

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