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Russia Strives for an Oil and Gas Resurgence

  • December 8, 2020
  • Pavel Baev
(Eurasia Daily Monitor) As the global economy—animated by the arrival of multiple COVID-19 vaccines—hopes for the first signs of recovery, expectations also rise in Russia for an accompanying surge in demand…
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Pipeline “Khanfluence”: Power of Siberia 2 to Go Through Mongolia to China

  • September 18, 2020
  • Elizabeth Wishnick
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Tkachenko: The role of oil, gas, coal, and shale will begin to decline until it becomes miniscule and insignificant for the economy of the future

  • May 28, 2020
  • PONARS Eurasia
(Azernews) Azerbaijan has taken 44th position in the Energy Transition Index (ETI) in the Davos Economic Forum’s report, showing the highest result among the CIS countries, Trend reports. The report takes…

The 2020 Oil Crash: Is Russia Still An Energy Superpower?

  • March 27, 2020
  • Peter Rutland
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Trump’s “America first” energy policy, contingency and the reconfiguration of the global energy order

  • March 20, 2020
  • Farid Guliyev
(Energy Policy) Abstract: The global energy system is in transition to a new energy order characterized by the emergence of the United States as a net oil exporter, the shale revolution…

Azerbaijan Through the Prism of BRI: China’s Mounting Interests and Influence in the Region

  • October 28, 2019
  • Anar Valiyev
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Buyer Beware: Evaluating Russian Exports Under Sanctions and Stagnation

  • March 29, 2019
  • David Szakonyi
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Renewables in Kazakhstan and Russia: Promoting “Future Energy” or Entrenching Hydrocarbon Dependency?

  • August 29, 2018
  • Natalie Koch
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  • October 17, 2016
  • Stanislav Tkachenko
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Sonin: Shrinking oil prices will cause problems for Russia’s budget

  • October 17, 2014
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(The Guardian) The sudden slump in oil prices, which have fallen 15% in the past three months, has sent tremors through the capitals of the world’s great oil powers, many…
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