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Elon Musk confirms Russia is ramping its efforts to disrupt Starlink’s service in Ukraine

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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has become invaluable to Ukraine amidst the country’s ongoing war against Russia. According to Elon Musk, however, Russia has increased its efforts to disrupt Starlink’s service to Ukraine. Fortunately, Musk also stated that Russia has not been successful so far.

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When Will Russia Run Out Of Oil?

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Russia’s exploration activities, which were hit not only by plummeting oil prices but also by a targeted sanctions regime, suffered a double blow during this period. In 2015, only seven new hydrocarbon discoveries were made in Russia, three of them in the Baltic Sea. When will Russia run out of oil? million tons.

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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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Report Of A Tesla Factory In Russia Debunked By Elon Musk

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Korolev is near Moscow and the article noted that this was confirmed by two sources in the Ministry of Industry and Trade as well as the Russian Federation Chamber of […]. A Russian news site, Arguments of the Week, reported that the first Tesla Russian plant will be built in Korolev, the heart of Russian cosmonautics.

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Energy and environmental costs of flying around closed airspaces

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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. The basic facts from the Prisco’s article are summarized in the table below.

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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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