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Russia’s Ukraine War Continues To Impact Azerbaijan’s Oil Sector

Oil from Azerbaijan’s giant ACG oil field in the Caspian Sea briefly resumed flowing through the Baku-Supsa pipeline to the Georgian Black Sea coast for the first time in 10 months after a halt due to the Russia-Ukraine war. BP, which operates both the ACG field and the Baku-Supsa pipeline, …

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Avalon Militarism – OpEd

The global pandemic was not completely catastrophic in its effects. It led to the cancellation, and postponement, of wasteful projects and events. It spared public money. But as the pandemic slides into the shadow of policymaking, bad habits have returned. The profligates are here to stay. One such habit is …

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Iran Joins China In Dredging Russia’s Volga River, Further Solidifying Anti-Western Axis – Analysis

In moves that may prove more consequential than Tehran’s ongoing supply of drones to the Russian army, the Iran Marine Industrial Company is currently repairing a Russian ship that crashed into ice on the Volga River and is joining China in helping Russia to dredge the Volga-Caspian Seaway Canal (see …

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