
ASH: Turkey playing a delicate balancing act between Ukraine, Russia and NATO
Turks are rightly proud of the success of Bayraktar drones in the conflict in Ukraine and Ukraine was grateful, but now they are not so sure as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plays both side of the fence.
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EWDN: How Russian game developers are hit by the shockwave of war
Russia’s war on Ukraine and the subsequent Western sanctions seem to have put the once-thriving Russian and Belarusian gaming industries in serious trouble, East West Digital News reports.
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Russia denies defaulting on $100mn bond coupon payment
Russia denied that it had defaulted on a $100mn bond payment, saying that the money had been sent to bond holders, in dollars, in May but it was not the Kremlin’s fault if the cash was not distributed to bondholders.
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HESS: West wins the default battle but the economic war must go on
The Russian Federation has defaulted on its debts, failing to pay interest on a pair of Eurobonds within their 30-day grace period that ended on 26 June – another blow struck against Russia in an escalating economic war.
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Gold and an energy price cap on G7 summit agenda
Gold and a price cap on oil are among the items on the agenda as G7 leaders gathered in Bavaria in Germany to consider a seventh package of sanctions on Russia.
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Death of China-to-Russia cargo transit routes means it’s all aboard for Kazakhstan
Vladimir Putin wants to reorientate Russian trade east and south. To some extent, such a strategy will be complicated by an avoid-Russia-at-all-costs mentality drawing commerce to a ‘Middle Corridor’.
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bneGREEN: Coal investment remains major threat to green dream
An 8% rise in global energy investment in 2022 to $2.4 trillion, driven by a 12% rise in clean energy spending, is still far from enough to tackle the energy crisis and to put the world on the path to a greener and more secure energy future.
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Gas crisis: Can Europe store enough gas this summer to get through the winter?
“Winter is coming, and the night is full or terrors.” The Game of Thrones' most famous quote would serve well as a morning greeting for gas traders as they come into work.
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Ukraine and Moldova granted EU candidate status in face of Russian aggression
Ukraine and Moldova have been granted official candidate status, with the same promise to Georgia once it has addressed its "outstanding priorities".
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