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Kremlin promoting the Far East as major investment frontier in Russia’s pivot to Asia
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Ukraine's Coalition of the Willing launch a new Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition at Paris summit
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Russian refining down to record lows, LNG exports to Europe at record highs
Russia’s crude output declined to the lowest in at least two and a half years in June as Ukraine attacked the nation’s oil infrastructure on an almost daily basis. But LNG production remains untouched and exports to Europe are at record highs.
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