Georgia has “strong arguments” against imposing restrictions on its neighbor, PM Kobakhidze said Georgia will continue to resist calls to impose sanctions on Russia, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said on Tuesday. Tbilisi previously declined to join Western countries in adopting restrictions on Moscow, citing domestic security concerns.
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Russia should choose a new name for the Gulf of Finland, a member of the State Duma said on Wednesday, citing tensions with the neighboring state. Oleg Nilov, an MP from the left-wing ‘A Just Russia – For Truth’ party, blasted the “provocations coming from formerly neutral Finland,” accusing the Nordic neighbor of promoting “hatred against…
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Major processing plants are reportedly squeezing out smaller players for supplies from the sanctioned country China’s largest state-owned and private refineries are buying more Russian crude, driving up its price, and forcing smaller independent producers, known as ‘teapots’, to search for cheaper options, Reuters reported this week.
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