... Russian-Indian trade has reached even higher values. Compared to 2021, this bilateral trade has almost tripled. However, trade with India is a mere tenth the value of Russia’s trade with China. The growth is provided mainly by Russian oil supplies. In itself, this is a step forward, especially given the embargo on Russian oil in the US, the EU and other countries that initiated the sanctions. But there are problems with balancing. The imbalance of exports and imports makes it difficult to use rubles and rupees ...
Russia has only temporarily captured China’s seemingly entrenched role as a major U.S. villain, while the West will fight ... ... even depends more than 50% on Russian gas. This also puts some break on “financial sanctions”.
Andrey Kortunov:
The end of diplomacy? Seven Glimpses of the New Normal... ... “China-connection”, the U.S. can hardly embargo Russia in ASEAN. Talk more with India, and old friend of Russia. India has moved closer to the U.S. in recent years...
... yours is negotiable, and my terms and conditions are non-negotiable.”
Whether walking out of JCPOA and reapplying unilateral sanctions and enforcing them all signatories or depriving Germany and Europe from pursuing investments and progress with Nord Stream II while expanding Permian oil and gas basin on full speed, or its growing and guided trade war with China and lately India are all signs of major concern for the custodian of the global reserve currency.
New World Begets a New Bank
As a default ...
... make the decision to completely or partially exempt the states that are members of the coalition from the Iranian “oil” sanctions. For India, for instance, such a decision would be a major additional stimulus to join the coalition. Naturally, it would also be an ... ... regional collective security system.
The idea of international patrolling of the Strait of Hormuz with the participation of China, India, and Russia is naturally vulnerable to criticism, particularly in today’s charged environment. There will be people ...