Crude oil prices for front-month deliveries climbed over 1% on Monday . Crude prices could be under pressure after Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to extend measures until the end of the year, restricting the sale of the country’s oil and oil products to “unfriendly” nations. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for August contracts rose 1.11%, …
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Gas traders are bracing for more volatility after a short-lived rebellion in Russia poses yet another risk to supply. Northeast Asian spot liquefied natural gas prices rose to $12 per million British thermal units on Monday, while swap values were pegged above that level, according to traders and brokers. That’s about 50 cents to $1 …
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Vladimir Putin’s grip on power in Russia came to the spotlight this weekend after the Wagner mercenary group marched on Moscow on Saturday before turning away from the Russian capital in a mutiny initially described as “treason” by the Russian president. Late on Friday, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group fighting …
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that the goal of his march on Rostov over the weekend was not to overthrow Russian leadership but to stop the destruction of his mercenary company, which was going to be absorbed into the regular Russian military in July. He said that none of the Wagner chiefs …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Monday an extension of the order that was created as a response to the West’s ceiling on Russia’s oil. The decree has been extended to the end of 2023. The order, which was drafted and approved back in 2022, and came into force in February 2023, prohibits the sale …
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Wagner planned attack for months Got within 100 miles of Mpscow Little resistance along the way Regular Army troops joined column Prigozhin most popular man in Russia Putin Barely clinging to power Russia must win Ukraine otherwise revolution I tell you the shocking story of Why Wagner too the deal Prigozhin holed up in Ukraine …
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Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin accepted the proposal put forward by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to halt the movement of its forces in Russia and take measures to de-escalate the situation with Moscow. According to the Telegram channel “Pool of the First” close to the press service of the Belarusian head of state, an agreeable …
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BlackMask Market News and Commentary: A column of Rebel Troops Headed to Moscow
https://youtu.be/7U7K0YSmgCI In the above video that appeared on Telegram on Saturday showed mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin meeting with Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and deputy chief of the General Staff Vladimir Alexeyev. Wagner forces head to Moscow as tanks are spotted on highways and oil depot goes up in flames as militia’s chief Prigozhin …
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US investors’ tech-stock fever and recession skepticism are reminiscent of the dot-com bubble — and could end just as painfully, David Rosenberg has warned. The veteran economist and Rosenberg Research president listed a bunch of parallels between the internet mania at the turn of this century, and the current hype around artificial intelligence and other …
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