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Featured December 17, 2024

Russia, Sudan To Sign Multiple Oil Exploration Deals 

Russian oil companies have finalized numerous oil exploration agreements with Sudan, including industrial and commercial deals. “There are 22 separate (oil) fields in Sudan, more than 70% of which are located in safe areas, in the north, in the east, in Khartoum and north of it. Most are in safe areas, and Russian companies, anmely […]

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Featured December 16, 2024

Russia Wants To Upgrade Port Sudan Base

Russia is set to further develop and expand the small but already growing role of Port Sudan in Russia’s Red Sea logistics network and strategic objectives. Egypt, Ethiopia and Iran are full BRICS members and utilise the Suez Canal, while Algeria and other Russian allies are also dependent upon the Red Sea region.  Sudan however […]

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December 16, 2024

Russia Relocating Syrian Military Assets To Libya

Russia will likely turn to Libya to mitigate its reliance on or replace its Syrian bases for its military logistics and objectives to project power into the Mediterranean, according to the US based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).  Libya is the only country with a Russian military presence in Africa that Russian cargo […]

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December 14, 2024

Russia, India Agree Massive Ten Year Oil Refining Contract

Russia’s state energy giant Rosneft has agreed to supply up to 500,000 barrels a day of various crude oil grades, under a ten year contract, to Indian private refiner Reliance. Worth roughly US$13 billion a year at current prices, the energy deal is the biggest-ever between Moscow and New Delhi. Under the decade -long agreement, […]

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December 11, 2024

Russia’s Tagras Holdings To Resume Oil Exploration In India

The geophysical division of TNG-Group, part of the Tatarstan-based oilfield services holding Tagras Holdings, plans to resume operations in India, the company has said following discussions with Oil India, the country’s largest oil producer. TNG-Group and Oil India previously collaborated on the processing and interpretation of seismic data. The geophysical division of Tagras has also […]

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December 7, 2024

Rosatom Anticipating Brazilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement  

Brazil expects to reach an agreement with Russia’s Rosatom on cooperation in the Brazilian nuclear sector by the end of 2025, according to Alexandre Silveira, the Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister. The two sides have begun negotiations on developing a partnership, utilizing Russian experience and seeking investment for exploring Brazil’s mineral potential. Brazil expects to […]

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December 4, 2024

Russia To Increase Involvement and Invest In Pakistan’s Oil Industry

Russia’s Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov, has stated that Russia is exploring participation in the upgrade of oil refineries in Pakistan. He was speaking after the meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation of Russia and Pakistan, and said that “In the energy sphere, we are already supplying oil to Pakistan. We also […]

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December 4, 2024

Biden Thumbs a West African Nose at Putin From Angola

With the US President Joe Biden on an eye-brow raising diplomatic trip to Angola, we examine the Russian position with the same country and look at where there may be similarities. Angola has generally held a neutral position toward Russia over the years, yet the country is also highly self-interested which means that Angola would […]

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November 30, 2024

Russia, Mali 2024 Trade and Investment: Update

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has been visiting Mali at the Russian President’s direction, according to the Kremlin. Novak led a Russian business delegation, and held meetings with Mali’s interim Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maig, several government ministers and met with the country’s interim President Assimi Goita in Bamako, the capital. Mali faces daunting social, […]

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November 30, 2024

Russia, Kazakhstan 2024 Trade and Investment: Update    

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin has been holding bilateral talks with the Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana the last few days as well as attending the annual Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) multilateral meetings. Numerous issues were discussed during the bilateral discussions, we highlight these as follows: Energy Supplies & Transit Russia and Kazakhstan […]

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November 28, 2024

Rosatom Signs Nuclear Development Agreement With Ethiopia

Rosatom has signed a contract with Ethiopia’s Ministry of Innovation and Technology to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a Nuclear Science and Technology Center (NSTC) in the country. Rosatom is the Russian state nuclear energy company. The initial work will be conducted by a Rosatom research subsidiary. Ethiopia is a member of […]

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