... usually show the most significant growth. Moreover, over the last two years, it was at the end of summer that gas station prices caught up with the national average inflation level. At the beginning of June, Anton Rubtsov, the director of the Oil and Gas Complex Department of the Ministry of Energy, reported that the Russian market was fully supplied with gasoline and diesel fuel (DF). As of June 5, the stocks of automotive gasoline at oil refineries and oil bases reached 1.8 million tons, which is 2% higher than the level at the same time last year. This suggests that there ...

... a cooling housing market, indicating consumer caution and the pressure of high rates on the real sector. 17:30 (USA) – Natural Gas Inventories (Weekly); 18:00 – Kansas Fed Manufacturing Index (August): In the evening, data on both the commodity market and the industry will be released. **EIA Gas Inventory Statistics** will reveal how gas accumulation is progressing before the winter season: significant inventory growth may temporarily weaken gas prices (benefiting European importers), while falling short of seasonal storage norms may support ...

... devaluation of the ruble and increased production. Despite possible short-term drops below $50 per barrel, he believes that significant impacts on oil and gas revenues are not expected. MOSCOW, December 12 - PRIME. The structure of Russia's oil and gas revenues allows for hedging against the risks of falling global oil prices, said Sergey Tereshkin, CEO of the oil product marketplace "Open Oil Market" (a Skolkovo resident), in an interview with RIA News. In the expert's opinion, one of the risks for Russia's budget system next year will be a drop in oil prices. At its latest meeting, the OPEC+ alliance extended the current production ...

... pipelines. Transporting gas over such long distances and managing a complex network requires significant investment, making competition in this area virtually impossible. The state regulates Gazprom's activities, including setting prices on the domestic market, which allows it to maintain affordable gas tariffs for households and businesses. 3. Rail transport Russian Railways (RZhD) is another example of a natural monopoly. Russia's railway infrastructure is one of the longest in the world and plays a key role in the country's economy, transporting ...

... Export-Import Bank of China and the China Development Bank financed the project. Without the participation of Chinese banks and investors, the project would have been unlikely to proceed, as Russian companies faced challenges accessing international markets after 2014, Tereshkin argues. The Arctic LNG project involving Chinese partners is expected to be fully operational in the latter half of the 2020s. Chinese investors are also involved in Rosneft's oil and gas projects in Siberia through the Verkhnechonskneftegaz joint venture and in the Volga region through Udmurtneft. Beijing Gas is an investor in the first joint venture, while Sinopec is involved in the second. In the coal sector, Chinese investors ...