China and Russia want BRICS, a club of five major emerging economies, to become a counterweight to the Western-dominated Group of Seven (G7), a German newspaper has reported. To this end, Beijing and Moscow are apparently seeking to expand the group, whose other three participants are Brazil, India and South …
Read More »What is the EU’s alternative to Russian gas?
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Read More »Turkey suggests alternative gas transit route to EU
Turkey can serve as a transit point for the supply of Russian gas to the European market, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar said on Thursday during a speech at the Baku Energy Forum. “Turkey wants to use the entire infrastructure for domestic production in the context …
Read More »Cheap alternative to Russian gas found – Bulgaria
Bulgaria has reached a deal to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US, the country’s government said in a statement on Wednesday. The agreement was reached during a meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and US Vice President Kamala Harris. Deliveries will begin in June, and, according to …
Read More »European country says no alternative to Russian gas
Moldova’s President Maia Sandu has acknowledged that her country has no way to substitute Russian gas, expressing hope that deliveries by Gazprom will continue despite an unsettled debt. “We find ourselves in a very difficult situation,” Sandu said in an interview with broadcaster Jurnal TV on Wednesday. Moldova’s contract with …
Read More »No alternative to Russian oil, OPEC tells EU
Current and future sanctions on Russia could spawn one of the worst oil supply shocks in history, OPEC secretary general Mohammed Barkindo warned EU officials on Monday, adding that it would be impossible to replace the volume of oil lost in such an event. Some 7 million barrels of Russian …
Read More »Impossible to replace Russian gas with ‘expensive’ US alternative, Hungary says
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says there are countries which will not be able to substitute Russian gas with the more expensive American alternative. Speaking to local radio station Kossuth on Friday, the Hungarian PM said Russian gas is his country’s only option, as Hungary is landlocked and won’t be …
Read More »Alternative fundraiser for Freedom Convoy claims ‘DDoS & bot’ attacks
Christian fundraising website GiveSendGo has blamed “heavy DDoS and bot attacks” for server downtime after taking over raising cash for the Canadian trucker convoy on Friday. The platform began raising funds for the truckers protesting against Covid-19 vaccine passports and mandates on Friday after its better-known competitor GoFundMe froze the Freedom Convoy’s …
Read More »‘Alternative’ Russiagate report to be published
Responding to a document request by the New York Times, the DOJ has sought out the report named in a book by Mueller assistant Andrew Weissman and is working to declassify it for publication, US Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York said in a court filing …
Read More »Environmental extremists are anti-people, anti-growth & anti-science. We desperately need an alternative approach
The last few weeks and months have seen a number of environmental protests aimed at causing “mass disruption” in and around London. First it was Extinction Rebellion sitting on the streets in London aimed at putting pressure on the government to stop using fossil fuels. Then it was the turn …
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