...Oxford Analytica Headline RUSSIA: Trade pressures likely to persist RUSSIA: According to data released by the central bank today, Russia's exports fell by 7% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2024 to USD99.6bn. Lower oil prices, sanctions and logistical challenges drove the decline...

... the contents of said sites. 2025 South-east Asia AP Russia Arctic ASEAN Brazil Cambodia China Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Ukraine United States Vietnam The sanctions against Russia have made doing business with Russian companies more...

... judicial legislation sanctions war President Yoon Suk-yeol attends a hearing in his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court (Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool/Getty Images) With President Yoon Suk-yeol in jail and facing two trials over his December 3 martial law declaration, Seoul’s power...

... ended at the end of the year. Impacts Gazprom’s 40% reduction of headcount at its St Petersburg headquarters will be followed by other cost savings. The increase in domestic gas market growth will result in higher tax payments to the federal budget. Any new EU sanctions on Russian LNG could...

... States come online. With US sanctions targeting the Arctic LNG 2 project, it is likely that Russian exports to Europe will decline significantly. © Oxford Analytica 2025. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments...

... instead force Kinshasa into real negotiations, something they have been unable to achieve in three years of recurrent military victories. However, this is a risky strategy, as sanctions have real capacity to hurt them. See CONGO-KINSHASA: Diplomatic deadlock spurs new fighting - January 14, 2025...

... foreign investment foreign trade refugees sanctions security water IRAN: Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, met with his Taliban counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi and Taliban Acting Prime Minister Hassan Akhund in Kabul yesterday. Among the issues discussed were economic cooperation, disputes...

... by Tsikhanovskaya, did not participate in the election. To take part in an electoral campaign from abroad would have been difficult, and any of Lukashenka's real opponents would likely have been arrested upon arrival in Belarus. However, opposition politicians are not united in their attitudes to Western sanctions...

... for accuracy the contents of said sites. 2025 Taiwan AP China Hong Kong Macau Cameroon Mongolia Sierra Leone Tanzania Togo international relations defence foreign trade sanctions security shipping transport economy industry insurance ...

...Oxford Analytica Headline HUNGARY: Budapest may complicate EU's Russia sanctions HUNGARY: Representatives of EU member states are meeting today to discuss extending the bloc's economic sanctions against Russia. The 15 extant sanctions packages need to be extended unanimously by EU members every...

..., there was no agreement on the demand to keep US-sanctioned Delyan Peevski's influence out of the government. To avoid another snap election, GERB decided to set aside past animosities and form a minority coalition with the populist There Is Such a People (ITN) and the pro-Russian Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), who...

... foreign investment foreign policy foreign trade government investment policy private sector sanctions economy industry technology CHINA/UNITED STATES: An American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in China annual survey released today showed 51% of 368 member companies identifying elevated...

... corruption foreign investment government investment sanctions LIBYA: In a statement issued yesterday, the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) welcomed the decision made a day earlier by the Belgian courts to lift the seizure imposed on assets owned by LIA and the Libyan Foreign Investment Company...

... relations politics banking finance foreign policy government policy sanctions Banks RUSSIA: Yesterday, a Russian court ordered Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International to pay EUR2bn (USD2.1bn) in damages over a failed deal, marking a significant retaliatory move amid worsening relations...

... with unrivalled defence spending, gives it the potential to influence the bloc’s future course significantly. Impacts A new EU sanctions package against Russia is likely to be proposed soon. Poland’s alliance priorities could shift from the Visegrad Four to the Baltic states, which share common security...

... relations politics social foreign policy immigration military oil police sanctions security Fossil fuels VENEZUELA/US: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday announced that major military and police exercises will be held on January 22-23. The so-called Bolivarian Shield 2025...

...Oxford Analytica Headline CUBA/US: Trump move will deny Havana breathing space Fossil fuels Travel & Tourism economy industry international relations politics social foreign trade government human rights judicial poverty private sector sanctions tourism United...

... future redirection efforts difficult and costly, and widening discounts offered on Russian crude. Impacts New sanctions will need to be enforced rigorously to have the intended impact on Russian crude flows. Despite new restrictions on Russian crude, global oil supply is expected to remain...

.... 2025 Iran ME/NAF China Europe France Germany Gulf states India Israel Russia Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States international relations civil war military nuclear energy nuclear weapons sanctions talks economy protest Iranian Foreign...

... United States IRAN/RUSSIA international relations banking defence regional sanctions economy IRAN/RUSSIA: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will sign an upgraded 20-year strategic partnership with Russia during his visit to Moscow today. The agreement builds on a 2001 deal...