Russia's neighbor hikes oil transit levy

The measure approved by Kazakhstan’s authorities early last month came into force on January 1 Kazakhstan has raised the tariff on the transit of Russian oil by some 20% from January 1, according to an announcement on the official website of the country’s pipeline operator KazTransOil.

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Iran deploys navy to Red Sea – state media

The development comes amid a US-led operation against Yemen’s Houthi militants, who have been attacking commercial ships recently Iran’s Alborz destroyer crossed the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea on Monday, the country’s state-run IRNA and Tasnim news agencies have reported. The deployment followed a deadly encounter between US warships and Yemen’s Houthi militants…

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Zelensky unveils Kiev’s military goals for 2024

Crimea will become the conflict’s “center of gravity,” the Ukrainian leader told The Economist Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has blamed information leaks for the failure of Kiev’s much-hyped summer counteroffensive against Russia, but nevertheless shared new insights into the military’s top priorities for 2024, saying in an interview with The Economist that isolating Crimea is…

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