Category: Eastern Europe and Russia

News and Analyses of events in Eastern Europe and Russia

BRICS can enable Bangladesh to explore greater business and geopolitical opportunities

Closer collaboration with BRICS under BRICS+ mechanism will open doors for Bangladesh to explore new markets and help to bridge the gap between two regional rivals China and India for its own benefits. India’s motivation for remaining in BRICS is not to support China’s global dominance. New Delhi believes it is more advantageous to stay in the BRICS alliance in order to restrain Chinese expansionism by securing multilateral agreements with Beijing. It will also embolden to skirt Western sanctions when it comes to do trading with Russia.

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Oil collapse and COVID-19 crisis: demand plummeting vis-a-vis future of oil politics

World’s future holds much uncertainty due to rapidly expanding COVID-19 outbreak all over the world. Its drastic impacts will be out of control as well as unimaginable in today’s context. The post COVID-19 period will be remembered as tragic event of the twenty first century with numerous looming challenges. Emergency in health care system, economic…

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Categories: Central Asia / America / Eastern Europe and Russia / Middle East

Crash! Oil price nosedives into negative territory for the first time in history amid Coronavirus pandemic

United States oil futures plunges below zero for first time in history in unprecedented wipeout on Monday with traders dumping May contracts as analysts warn that crude storage will fill to the brim by next month, and US shale firms weigh the real possibility of shutting down production. Oil producers are running out of room…

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Categories: America / Eastern Europe and Russia / Middle East

Bitter lessons Corona keeps teaching us

Never before in the history of mankind, had a pandemic inflicted with such horrendous cost. A pandemic is also an epidemic that spreads over several countries and continents while affecting a large group of people. On that note – all pandemics are epidemics but not all epidemics turn into pandemics. On the spreading of novel…

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A short analysis on the future of Assad Jr. and Syria

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has pledged to recapture ‘every inch’ of Syrian territory and regaining control of major highways at Idlib which would ease Syria’s sanctions-hit economy. The point here, Mr. Assad’s forces depend heavily on the support from Russia and militias backed by Iran. Speaking on Russian news outlet Russia 24, Mr. Assad…

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Turkey seems optimistic about the ceasefire deal with Russia on Idlib, Syria

In Moscow, Russian and Turkish leaders held a press conference after coming to an agreement to de-escalate the situation in Idlib. The decision have come after hours of negotiation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Moscow. Both leaders agreed on a ceasefire in Idlib starting from 6 March 2020 midnight. According…

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Erdogan and Putin

Erdogan in Moscow with hopes of reaching a breakthrough over Idlib

Turkish President Erdoğan and his counterpart Putin have repeatedly met each other in recent years to coordinate their moves in Syria. In September 2018, they reached a de-escalation deal on Idlib in Sochi, Russia, aimed at turning Idlib into a de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression and offensive are expressly prohibited. With nowhere to…

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Categories: Middle East / Eastern Europe and Russia