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China’s Foreign Ministry justified its imports of Russian oil on Aug. 8, suggesting Beijing will continue to purchase oil from Moscow despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats. “It is legitimate and lawful for China to conduct normal economic, trade and energy cooperation with all countries around the world, including …

The state-owned Russian energy company Gazprom has released figures showing that its gas production fell by 25%, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Sept. 28. The reporting period compares the first half of 2023 with the first half of 2022. Gazprom blamed the fall on “the adoption in a number …