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Russia’s budget back inside the 2% of GDP target after revenues surge in June

3 August 2023

Russia’s budget went back into profit in May with a negligible gain, but in June revenues surged to a RUB815bn ($8.7bn) monthly surplus. That has shaved almost RUB1 trillion off the cumulative deficit and put it back inside the 2% of GDP target.

Iran’s IRGC naval wargame kicks off near disputed Persian Gulf islands

2 August 2023

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC-N) naval forces are conducting exercises near three disputed islands in the Persian Gulf under the wargame title “Shahid (Martyr) Eshaq Dara.”

South Africa's NECSA agrees to cooperate with Russian nuclear fuel company TVEL

2 August 2023

TVEL provides consumed nuclear fuel for Russian and international nuclear power plants (NPPs). One of every six nuclear reactors in the world operates on fuel manufactured by the ROSATOM unit.

Niger coup threatens Nigeria-Morocco 30bcm gas pipeline project

2 August 2023

A $13bn project to build a gas pipeline connecting giant gas fields in Nigeria to Europe is threatened by the recent coup d'état in Niger.

ISTANBUL BLOG: Ordinary Turks take economic beating as media voices insist on positivity on country’s ‘new’ direction

31 July 2023

Nagging questions such as what is the policy rate doing at 17.5% when the inflation forecast is 70% are largely ignored.

More delays looming for Mozambique LNG?

28 July 2023

Saipem’s predictions of a July restart for Mozambique LNG have not borne fruit due to the difficulty of resolving cost disputes with TotalEnergies

Turkmenistan: Watched over by CCTVs of loving grace

27 July 2023

Europe's elusive pipeline, Gulf investment, Korean lobbying and a new ghost town.