Kobakhidze Blames the 'Deep State' and Ships the Fuel Anyway
Tbilisi confirms Georgian business supplied petrol to occupied Abkhazia during a shortage. The rhetoric is theatre. The tanker is policy.
Natasha Volkov · 3d ago
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Kazakhstan Shops for a Second Pipeline, and the Kremlin Notices
When Astana starts pricing the Baku-Supsa route, it is not looking for logistics. It is looking for leverage.
Natasha Volkov · 4d ago
Trump's Iran Pivot: When Sanctions Replace Sorties, Watch the Freight Rates
Washington is switching from ordnance to embargo against Tehran. The tell is not the rhetoric — it is that oil prices did not move.
Natasha Volkov · 6d ago
The Senate's Russia Bill Is a Tariff on Delhi and Beijing With Moscow's Name on the Envelope
Washington has found a way to punish two rivals by writing a sanctions law aimed at a third. India and China should read the fine print.
Natasha Volkov · 8d ago
A Romanian Band in Sokhumi: The Small Concert That Embarrasses Two Foreign Ministries
Bucharest's «firm disagreement» with Morandi's Abkhazia gig is a lesson in how sanctions regimes fray at the edges — through nightclubs, not summits.
Natasha Volkov · 9d ago
The Commission's 1 August–15 September Calendar: What Actually Bites, and Who Now Owes a Filing
The EU's rolling entry-into-force schedule is the story compliance teams should be reading this week. It reshapes obligations before quarter-end.
Alexei Morozov · 12d ago
Tokayev's Beijing Tilt and London's Tbilisi Net: Two Maps of the Post-Russian Space
While Brent climbs to $95.84 and the rouble holds at 70.90, the real story is who is rewriting the geography around Moscow — and who is letting them.
Natasha Volkov · 80d ago
Tbilisi's New Loyalty Test: A 'Russophobia Council' Arrives Just as Washington Knocks
Georgian Dream stages a domestic stunt to mark the boundary of permissible speech — timed, conveniently, to a State Department visit.
Natasha Volkov · 82d ago
Brent at $101.51 Won't Save the Ruble — and Moscow Knows It
Oil slides nearly 3% in a single session while the ruble weakens past 71. The Kremlin's pricing power is bleeding out in plain sight.
Natasha Volkov · 85d ago
Tehran's Five Conditions and the $106 Barrel: Iran Plays the Strait Card Again
Iran hardens its terms before sitting with Washington. Brent is already pricing the threat. The BRICS in India will price the politics.
Natasha Volkov · 94d ago
Tehran Plays the 90 Percent Card, and Brent Barely Blinks
Iran threatens weapons-grade enrichment and rattles Hormuz. Oil drops a buck. The market knows something the diplomats won't say.
Natasha Volkov · 95d ago
Hormuz Theatre, Caspian Dividend: The Quiet Geography Rewriting Eurasia's Oil Map
Brent at $104.95 isn't a spike — it's a sentence. And Central Asia is busy translating it into infrastructure.
Natasha Volkov · 96d ago
Brent at $105 and a President Threatening to 'Blow Up' Anyone Near Iran's Uranium
Trump's warning about Tehran's buried stockpile isn't diplomacy. It's the soundtrack to a $105 barrel — and the market is listening.
Natasha Volkov · 97d ago
США добились освобождения заключённого из Беларуси в обмен на санкции
Вашингтон провёл переговоры с Минском о выпуске политического узника и ослаблении экономических ограничений.
Anna Kuznetsova · 98d ago
США ввели санкции против глобальной сети, поддерживающей иранские программы дронов и ракет
Министерство финансов США ввело санкции против 10 физических и юридических лиц из Китая, Гонконга, ОАЭ, Беларуси и Ирана за содействие закупкам вооружения и сырья для Тегерана
Anna Kuznetsova · 99d ago