Russia’s austerity politics point to a rocky year ahead
Nicholas Trickett into the prospects for a post-Covid economic recovery in Russia
Nick Trickett
The sagging prospects for Russian oil
Nicholas Trickett looks at how Russian oil production is struggling in a time of Covid-19’s low prices, OPEC+ production cuts, and US shale
How China Helped Russia Weather COVID and Why It’s Not Necessarily Good News
Nicholas Trickett on how COVID-19 has been rewriting economic orthodoxy across the globe, but Russia’s Austrian School economists have yet to get the memo
The Limits of Support for Russia’s Oil and Gas Sector
Nick Trickett wonders how far the Russian state should go to support its struggling fossil fuels companies
Pique Oil and Rosneft’s Lebanon Play
Nick Trickett on the political and economic pressures fuelling Rosneft’s latest round of Middle Eastern dealmaking
Russia and Saudi Arabia’s Oil “Entente”
Russia and Saudi Arabia are rolling a boulder up a hill only to see it tumble back down as their relative market power declines
Lock, Vladivostok, and Two Smoking Barrels
Russian gas supplies to China are a talking point again in light of US-China trade tensions and commodity price fluctuations. Two prospective pipelines are being touted, for very different reasons
Russia in the Gulf: Partnerships, but at what price?
As Russian oil companies plan further cooperation across the Middle East, the political and financial costs of engagement will likely increase.