CC0 / / Ekaterina Blinova All materialsWrite to the author The US has expanded the smuggling of Syrian wheat from illegally occupied regions amid an unfolding food crisis, Russia’s Permanent Representative…
IRGC Navy boat during a patrol in the Persian Gulf waters. (File Photo) The swift move by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) to seize the two Greek oil tankers…
File photo shows Gazprom’s logo on the top of a thermal power plant. European energy companies have agreed to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demands on gas payments to “avoid more gas…
The Russian currency has grown stronger as European energy importers switch to ruble payments © Pixabay.com Russia’s currency has hit its strongest level against the euro since June 2015 as…
© Sputnik / Alexander Patrin / Go to the photo bank Oleg Burunov All materialsWrite to the author Earlier this month, the Chinese General Administration of Customs revealed that wider…
Authorities have told gas wholesalers they can open the necessary ruble accounts in Russia’s Gazprombank © Sputnik / Pavel Lisitsyn Germany and Italy have allowed national companies to open ruble accounts in…
De-dollarizing the Russian economy is critical, prime minister says © Getty Images / artpartner-images The US, EU and other Western nations are using their currencies as a tool of blackmail against Russia,…
“Unfriendly” countries must pay in rubles or supplies will stop, Dmitry Peskov warns © Getty Images / ivanastar Russia will not supply free natural gas to countries that refuse to switch to…
The attitude of France and other EU countries to Africa is “pure neo-colonialism,” Russia’s top diplomat has said FILE PHOTO. Malians demonstrate against France and in support of Russia in…
Vienna’s OMV insists it’s not violating EU sanctions by opening a Gazprombank account © Getty Images / NurPhoto Austria’s oil and gas conglomerate OMV said on Friday that it had…
© Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev / Go to the photo bank Svetlana Ekimenko All materialsWrite to the author After Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, the US and…
Russia’s deputy prime minister says they have already opened accounts with Gazprombank © Sputnik / Aleksei Filippov Approximately half of Russia’s 54 gas importers have opened ruble accounts with Gazprombank in compliance…
© Sputnik / Rian Photo MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian oil companies are looking for new markets, finding new buyers and increasing exports to the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Deputy Prime Minister…
A total of 20 European companies have opened ruble accounts in Gazprombank, Bloomberg reports © Getty Images / artpartner-images Ten more European gas buyers have opened accounts in Russia’s Gazprombank, Bloomberg reported…
A displaced Afghan child is pictured outside her temporary home in Kabul. (AP file photo) Almost half of the population in Afghanistan is battling acute hunger amid lingering drought and…
On April 25, the U.S. government announced that U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) will open an Office of Security Cooperation at the U.S. Embassy in Zambia. Brigadier General Peter Bailey, AFRICOM’s Deputy…
Scottish Power CEO warned that rising gas prices could drive energy bills to nearly £3,000 in October FILE PHOTO: Icicles on the fountain in Trafalgar Square as temperatures dropped below…
VNG will transfer euro payments to a new account with Russia’s Gazprombank © Getty Images / Stringer Germany’s third-largest gas importer, VNG, has agreed to Moscow’s new ruble-based gas payment scheme and…
Ilya Tsukanov All materialsWrite to the author The EU has been wooing Nigeria in recent weeks as one of the nations whose natural gas could help replace Russian supplies amid…
The United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Canada, the United States, France and the European Commission agreed to impose new “tough financial sanctions” on Russia© AP Photo/Olivier Matthys BERLIN, February 27. /TASS/.…
President Putin signed a new set of tit-for-tat measures over Western sanctions © Getty Images / agustavop Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a package of economic measures on Tuesday to…
In yet another manifestation of Washington’s scandalous complicity with remnants of the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq, new footage has emerged apparently showing the transfer of the members of the…
Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament Moscow says it can seize Russian-based assets of those countries the Kremlin deems hostile, reciprocating a proposal by the…
Deliveries to countries outside of the former Soviet Union have dropped by 26.9%, the energy giant says Gazprom’s gas processing plant in Russia’s Amur Region bordering China. © Sputnik /…
© Sputnik / Go to the photo bank Kirill Kurevlev Correspondent All materialsWrite to the author In an extensive interview with an Italian TV network, the foreign minister discussed a…
© Sputnik / Стрингер / Go to the photo bank Ilya Tsukanov All materialsWrite to the author The Russian military has repeatedly exposed planned provocations by the Ukrainian government and…
© AFP 2022 / ADEM ALTAN BERLIN (Sputnik) – Germany does not plan to pay for Russian gas in rubles and is currently doing everything to end its dependency on…
The Russian ruble continues to remain on a tear as Russia now looks to officially back the ruble with gold. Russia Looking To Officially Back Ruble With GoldApril 29 (King…
Washington wants the conflict to drag on and to weaken Russia, Beijing claims Ukrainian soldiers stand on their armoured personnel carrier © AFP / Anatolii Stepanov The US isn’t interested…
© AP Photo / Dmitry Lovetsky Tim Korso All materialsWrite to the author Concerns over the stability of Russian gas supplies to Europe were recently prompted by Gazprom’s move to…