... institutes, and international organizations.
Fares Kilzie, founder and chairman of CREON Group, opened the forum with an analysis of the strategic role of metals and minerals from CIS and EAEU countries for SCO, APEC, and ASEAN states amid the new global energy landscape, data center (DC) development, and artificial intelligence.
Russia’s mining and metallurgical sectors, along with those of the CIS and EAEU, are entering the strategic arena amid sweeping changes—transformations in the global energy, technological, digital, and geopolitical landscapes. It is crucial to emphasize ...
... that Moscow will remain a reliable and valuable partner
President Vladimir Putin’s current visit to India is his first since the start of the Special Military Operation in 2022. This gives it a certain symbolic weight: over the past three years, Russia–India relations have not only withstood the impact of Western sanctions and political pressure but have also developed to a degree that would have seemed unimaginable just a decade ago. The President’s trip to India serves as a consolidation ...
... expanded to varying degrees in the nineteenth package. However, its distinctive feature was the escalation of secondary sanctions against partners of the Russian fuel and energy sector in friendly countries. This trend may continue in the future.
The Russian energy sector became a target of EU sanctions long before the start of the Special Military Operation in 2022. As early as 2014, amid the events in Crimea and Donbass, the EU and other sanctions initiators used sectoral sanctions against the Russian fuel ...
... recent imposition of sanctions by the United States on two of Russia’s major oil companies has once again highlighted the counterproductive nature of unilateral economic restrictions. The targeted firms—Rosneft and Lukoil—are cornerstones of the Russian energy sector, not only underpinning the country’s economy but also playing a vital role in the stability of the global energy market.
Rosneft is Russia’s largest oil producer and a major global player in the energy industry. The company operates ...
... external pressure and Western sanctions.
Future prospects and multipolarity
The Prospects for Russian-Serbian Relations Amid Sanctions. RIAC Working Paper
Energy has been and will remain the backbone of bilateral relations, at least on the economic front. Russia has historically ensured Serbia’s energy security through gas and oil supplies as well as investments in key fuel industry assets. This dependency is structurally unavoidable in the medium term. Serbia is geographically and infrastructurally integrated into the southern branch of the ...
... players such as Holtec in the United States and CNNC in China. Our key goals are further cost optimization, faster construction timelines and adaptation to different regulatory requirements.
How seriously is Rosatom looking at the possibility of expanding Russia’s network of data centers linked to the energy infrastructure of existing NPPs, beyond the projects that are already underway?
Developing the network of nuclear-powered data centers is undoubtedly a strategic priority for Russia, and we are actively working on it, going beyond the projects ...
... blocking sanctions against India’s Nayara Energy Limited can be considered notable. According to the EU authorities, the company is 49 percent owned by the Russian oil company Rosneft. Nayara Energy Limited was sanctioned due to its involvement in the Russian energy sector. Probably, according to Brussels’ plan, such sanctions should send a signal to businesses in countries friendly to Russia that ties with the Russian energy sector are fraught with secondary sanctions. Practice will show how exactly such ...
... technology to support sustainable development.
Unlike many Western companies focused on exporting raw resources, Russia aims to boost Africa’s domestic energy demand and infrastructure, he told
Sputnik Africa
. With extensive experience in national energy systems, Russia offers a model from which African nations can benefit.
Moreover, Russia seeks multilateral cooperation through platforms like BRICS to help fund and organize regional consortia for energy efficiency across Africa.
Global Stakes in the Middle East ...
... Brazil's interest in small nuclear modular reactors: “We are very interested in creating a relationship with Russia for the supply of small nuclear units.” The meeting was also
attended
by the general director of Rosatom, Aleksey Likhachev, on the Russian side, and the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, on the Brazilian side.
Speaking to journalists after the conclusion of the presidential agenda in Russia, President Lula and his international relations advisor, Celso Amorim, referred to the nuclear sector as the highlight ...
... the dominance of a single global force. Doha has steadily increased its autonomy in relations with both the West and the East, positioning itself as a “diplomatic bridge” between different global centers of power. In this context, cooperation with Russia represents not only a matter of energy or humanitarian pragmatism for Qatar but also an element of a broader strategy—the construction of a new model of global engagement in which small but influential states have a voice and the tools to exert meaningful influence.
Thus, in recent ...
