Sergey Stankevich

Sergey Stankevich24.03.2023

The giants of the oil business, instead of the former straightforward brutality, are practicing more and more complex dances — logistics, contract and price. Moreover, these dances are not at the forefront, but behind a curtain that is less and less transparent for the sanctions controllers. An impressive counter march: Russian suppliers leave Europe for […]

Sergey Stankevich16.03.2023

Preparing an attack on the oil cartel. A bipartisan group of US senators has submitted a bill to the US Senate to ban oil cartels. The document received the ironic name NOPEC (No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act). The main authors are Republican Chuck Grassley and Democrat Amy Klobuchar. If the NOPEC Act is […]

Sergey Stankevich06.03.2023

Starting from February 5, 2023, the European Union has banned sea imports of Russian oil products. In this regard, Moscow is forced to look for other buyers for about a million barrels a day of diesel fuel, naphtha, etc., if it still wants to receive money for them. Deliveries of Russian fuel to third (non-European) […]

Sergey Stankevich03.03.2023

In China, the “Two Sessions” kicked off, marking the end of a bidecadal reshuffling of the country’s most powerful positions. After the landmark victory of the nation’s leader Xi Jinping at the 20th Congress of the ruling Communist Party in October 2022, he continues to consolidate power. The two sessions in March 2023 include: (1) […]

Sergey Stankevich20.02.2023

In Munich, on the sidelines of the International Security Conference, a meeting was held between US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and the head of the Chinese delegation, Wang Yi. This top-ranking Chinese diplomat is the Head of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, a member of the Politburo […]

Sergey Stankevich18.02.2023

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has topped 33,000, with 29,600 dead in Turkey and another 3,500 in Syria. Account is not closed. Earthquake survivors are still being found. But search and rescue efforts are starting to slow down as the chances of finding people alive diminish. The central […]

Sergey Stankevich02.02.2023

The US continues to try (apparently not very successful) to completely cut off, or at least hold China back in terms of access to advanced microelectronics. Especially to those integrated circuits that are used in the development of thermonuclear weapons and in their application. From time to time, it turns out that China has once […]

Sergey Stankevich26.01.2023

In the past year, the global car market as a whole sank: cars began to be bought less. But there is a notable exception. According to DIGITIMES research, annual sales of EVs reached 9.78 million units in 2022, which means an annual growth rate of 49%! 14 million EVs are expected to be sold in […]

Sergey Stankevich23.01.2023

In Stockholm, Sweden, right-wing radicals demonstrated against Turkey, Erdogan, and the country’s accession to NATO. During the demonstration, the Koran was burned. Left-wing radicals (mostly Kurds) at another demonstration also attacked Turkey, Erdogan, NATO and put forward the slogan “We are all PKK” (“Kurdistan Workers’ Party”, which Erdogan is fighting against). The protests in Stockholm, […]

Sergey Stankevich22.01.2023

The further the investigation of possible violations of the law by US President Biden goes, the more facts threatening him emerge. Recall that documents marked “top secret” were found in Biden’s personal home in Delaware in November, December and January. Biden claimed that nothing threatened the documents, because the house was closed and guarded in […]

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Oil Games

Roll the Barrel Again

Africa Won’t Miss Out

Movement of Tectonic Plates

BEIJING – MUNICH – MOSCOW

Turkey Aid Changes Policy in the Region and in the Country

Impossible to Close in an Open Global Market

Electrification of the World’s Vehicle Fleet

Radicals Set Fires

Getting Deeper into “Significant Issues” for US President Joseph Biden

The Deal of the Century for Trump the Peacemaker

Fasting

The Glory of the World

The Paradox of Russian Central Bank