Almost uniquely, Moscow gets on with all the major regional players – it needs to harness this to its advantage This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin travels to Tehran for a summit of the guarantors of the so-called Astana process, which aims to find a political settlement in Syria.

The US treasury secretary campaigns in Asia, seeking a price cap on Russian crude The US has held ‘encouraging’ talks with India about a price cap on Russian oil that Washington wants to introduce in order to limit Moscow’s revenues and push down global crude prices, Reuters reported on Monday.

A lack of energy supplies may bring the EU’s top economy to a halt, the paper reports Industrial companies across Germany are facing a real prospect of scaling down operations or shutting down completely if natural gas flows from Russia stop, the Financial Times reported on Monday.