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.