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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Energy is the foundation of Russia, its economy, its government, and its political system. Even a casual glance at the IMF’s World Economic Outlook statistics for Russia shows the tight correlation since 1992 between GDP growth on the one hand and oil and gas output, exports, and prices on the other (economic series available here ).

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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In practice, the call for a change is a call for Saudi Arabia and Russia, the two dominant global crude exporters, which each daily export over seven-plus mmbbls (including condensates and NGLs) and which each see the other as the key to any "balancing" moves, to bear the brunt of any production cuts.

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Energy and environmental costs of flying around closed airspaces

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Because of the war in Ukraine, many international flights of various airlines are currently affected by the closed airspaces. A recent article by Jacopo Prisco has documented the impact that closed airspace over Russia has on a one specific flight—a Finnair nonstop flight from Helsinki to Tokyo (Narita), using an Airbus A350-900.

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On the ground in Ukraine using Starlink to stay connected

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She recently wrote an article in Vocal titled, Don’t forget how Starlink helped Ukraine since the beginning of the war. In her article, Gia shares how Starlink is helping her, her fellow volunteers, and Ukrainians stay online. Her article also emphasized the importance of not forgetting how Elon Musk helped Ukraine.

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Ukraine Scrubbing Nuclear Agencies of Russian Influence

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The silence and inaction of the international nuclear community paves the way to World War III, to a global nuclear disaster, and the collapse of energy systems.” The director general of the Rivne plant, Pavlo Pavlyshyn, provided insight into fears of "internal" attacks during a recently-posted interview with an American journalist.

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Opinion: The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?

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Recent trade deals and high-level cooperation between Russia and China have set off alarm bells in the West as policymakers and oil and gas executives watch the balance of power in global energy markets shift to the East. Russia and China Cozy Up. Reign of the USD. Before the 20 th century, the value of money was tied to gold.

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Starlink support for Ukraine will exceed $100M by end of year

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The SpaceX CEO’s response was to an article by Financial Times that claimed that the Starlink terminals and services were paid for. The FT article mainly focused on Starlink outages for Ukrainian soldiers serving on the front lines. The report follows the backlash that Elon Musk received for his Ukraine-Russia peace plan.

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