... Russia’s partners in the energy sector.
Ivan Timofeev:
New Sanctions as a Political Signal
For example, the eighteenth package of sanctions included legal entities in third countries that, according to EU authorities, are involved in the transportation of Russian oil. These include Bellatrix Energy and Zhu Jiang (China), the Intershipping Services (India and the UAE), Twister Shipmanagement (UAE), Admiral Group (UAE), Milavous Group (UAE), 2 Rivers PTE (UAE, including its Singapore branch), Monolink, Tarabya, Aqua Ship Management (Azerbaijan), as well as Redbird ...
... with Moscow each time. This “fence-sitting” will continue as long as it remains feasible and beneficial for Serbia and its energy security. Western pressure is a defining but not decisive factor: it will not push Serbia in a complete U-turn anytime soon, but it will keep constraining the scope of Russia–Serbia economic ties. Future standoffs will probably concern upcoming digital and infrastructure projects rather than the existing NIS assets. China, for its part, could emerge as a third pole for Serbia through its Belt and Road Initiative, helping diversify economic ...
... the growth potential of SMR exports, and is this a strategic priority for Rosatom over the next five to 10 years, given the global demand for decentralized and low-carbon power sources?
Alexandra Perminova:
The Role of the SCO in Ensuring Water and Energy Security in Central Asia: Opportunities for Russia – China Cooperation
Rosatom sees SMR exports as a strategic direction for the next decade and a central pillar of its global low-carbon agenda. Why? Because there is vast market potential as demand for decentralized, reliable and low-carbon energy sources ...
... Africa and by 4.4–7.7 times in the Middle East (Table 2).
Table 2
. Scenario projections of nuclear power generation at NPPs in the Global South
Source: IEA World Energy
Outlook
2024
Opportunities for Russia
The Role of the SCO in Ensuring Water and Energy Security in Central Asia: Opportunities for Russia – China Cooperation. RIAC Policy Brief
The global push for nuclear power development offers additional opportunities for Russian company Rosatom to expand its activities in this market. In recent years, Rosatom has become a leader in providing nuclear power ...
... Central Asian countries, demonstrating an interest in strengthening their “sustainable security.” At the same time, the fact Russia, China, and most of the countries in the region are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization allows the SCO to be viewed ... ... opportunities within an inter-state and, in particular, a multilateral framework. In terms of economic and social cooperation, water and energy security and stable state development in the region could prove to be this very common ground. These are the factors that ...
RIAC, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report #87 / 2023
RIAC, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of International Studies at Fudan University Report ...
... this foundation is guiding the bilateral partnership. It has raised very specific issues, projects, and industries in which Russia and China interact and plan to boost cooperation. It is now time to implement these intentions, but at least the fact that both presidents ... ... and concrete partnership is obvious to the whole world.
The mutual statement covered the main spheres for further interaction. Energy cooperation will obviously expand. The leaders have discussed it many times, and the projects have already been launched....
... affected by sanctions.
Russia plays a special role since it is one of the essential players in the international commodity market. China finds itself in a special position since it is the second largest economy in the world, one of the biggest trading powers,... ... other reasons. Creating a roadmap for joining forces in this area as well as strengthening economic cooperation amidst anti-Russian sanctions are likely to be central during the summit.
Finally, there is some intrigue about the depth of cooperation in the energy sector and whether any new agreements about natural gas exports are going to be achieved during Xi's visit. Agreements,...
... to the East,” or when the Far East finally stops being a “far” away region
New trends in the logistics component of Russia’s economy were among the principal discussions of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) held on September 5–8, 2022 ... ... the East.”
It became possible because the West’s expectations of Russia’s trade ties being cut failed: Asian partners (China, India and ASEAN in particular) continued to actively trade with Russia. The Russian market was expected to crash, but the ...
... emerging on the MENA horizon. For example, Russia and the MENA hydrocarbon exporters face the common challenge of the global energy revolution. Joint preparation for this inevitability in the future may turn out to be no less important than reaching agreements ... ... quotas in the OPEC+ format.
The report describes the problems of asymmetry in relations between the countries of the MENA and China. Russia could turn out to be quite a good actor, offering its partners in the region a connection to multilateral structures (for ...
