... “Now, for Russia, this gas hub has become purely a matter of image. First, Russia initially proposed this Turkish gas hub, and it would not look good to back out of it now. Second, the hub is important for international interaction. It's like with BRICS: we were threatened with international isolation, but we gathered half the world, and everyone came to Kazan. Europe wanted to abandon our gas, and we opened a whole gas hub. But from an economic standpoint, there is no benefit. Everything that ...

... engaging in negotiations with India and China: "From what I understand, it is in this context that Russia has proposed to revive the trilateral interaction format of 'Russia - India - China', which had been set aside in favor of other formats—BRICS and SCO," Gromov remarked. He believes that the central topic of negotiations could revolve around preserving the oil partnership of these three nations amid U.S. sanctions pressure. Gromov believes that Turkey is also vulnerable to U.S. sanctions ...