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Russia’s Gazprom said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement to transfer payments for Russian gas supplies to China into yuan and rubles instead of dollars. Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said allowing payments in Russian rubles and Chinese yuan would mutually benefit Gazprom and CNPC and set an example for …

Data from operators of natural gas pipelines from Russia to Europe indicate that gas flows will stabilize on Tuesday at their low levels. And the Bloomberg news agency reported that data from the operating company of Nord Stream 1, the main gas pipeline from Russia to Germany via the Baltic …

Russia’s Gazprom announced Tuesday, August 16, that natural gas exports to the Soviet Union amounted to 78.5 billion cubic meters between January 1 and August 15, down 36% year-on-year. It was 13% viewership over the previous year.

Switzerland is planning to set up more regulation and scrutiny for commodity traders to get more info as well as intelligence about this sector that is flourishing every single day.The move comes in line with the West tries to monitor Russia’s commercial ties and impose sanctions aiming to punish Moscow’s …

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that attempts to put a ceiling on the price of Russian oil could lead to an “imbalance” in the market and push prices higher, the Russian Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak as saying on Thursday. His …

Kommersant newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing informed sources, that Russia’s oil production rose by about five percent in June to 1.46 million tons per day, or 10.7 million barrels per day.

Moody’s, a credit rating agency, confirmed that Russia had defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time in 100 years after bondholders confirmed they had not received an interest payment of $100 million. Moody’s said Russian sovereign debt holders had not received their $100 million euro bond payment coupons …

A Russian Kremlin spokesman has rejected accusations that Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time in more than a century. In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia had made bond payments due in May but had been blocked by Euroclear due …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the European Union has lost its “political sovereignty”, in a belligerent speech at Russia’s annual economic forum. Putin criticized the union’s economic policies such as “money printing” to tackle rising inflation. Putin also attacked the West for blaming it personally for its economic …

Data from trade sources showed that Russia became India’s second-largest supplier of oil in May, pushing Saudi Arabia to third place, with Iraq remaining its largest supplier. The data indicated that Indian refineries received in May about 819,000 barrels per day of Russian oil, the highest level so far from …