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Central Europe is cutting dependence on Russian energy

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EASTERN EUROPE

The four Visegrad (V4) countries -- Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia and Poland -- have built up gas stocks to prepare for the winter. Once the EU states most dependent on Russian gas…

Nuclear deal will give Iran-Russia ties limited boost

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IRAN

Russia played a high-profile role mediating the landmark Iran nuclear agreement announced on July 14. As such, the deal represents a diplomatic victory for Russia and its aim of…

Russian market is main hope for Belarus economy

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BELARUS

Despite a war of words over food sourced from Belarus, Russia maintained its overall level of imports from the country last year. Belarusian exports to most of the world fell…

Baku seeks to widen its contacts in Balkans

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BALKANS/AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijan's rising profile in South-eastern Europe, both as hydrocarbons supplier and source of investment.

Saudi foreign policy will prioritise US ties

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SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi media has pushed back strongly, but the accusations threaten to reinforce US distrust of the crown prince, centred on the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Riyadh…

Hungary’s Ukraine policy will be driven by pragmatism

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HUNGARY

Hungary’s policy towards Ukraine can appear out of step with the EU mainstream; it opposed the terms of the EU’s sixth package of sanctions against Russia. However, Budapest’s…

US tensions prompt closer China-Russia cooperation

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CHINA/RUSSIA

China-Russia cooperation.

Russia presses Belarus for share of oil export trade

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BELARUS/RUSSIA

Belarus is facing pressure from Moscow to direct exports from its refineries through Russian rather than Latvian and Lithuanian ports. Moscow has the upper hand as it provides a…

China's role as trading hub for Russia will grow

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CHINA/RUSSIA

China has become an economic bridge, reselling Russian resources to the West and Western manufactured goods to Russia. This is primarily economic opportunism rather than…

Russia’s decoupling from West looks to be long-term

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RUSSIA

This is Russia’s drastic response to most developed states’ economic sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine. It means a new geography of foreign trade that will not only…