Probably. Russia most likely produces the vast majority of their own equipment for energy extraction. I doubt the Iranians have the same capabilities as the Russians in procuring the necessary items.
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Probably. Russia most likely produces the vast majority of their own equipment for energy extraction. I doubt the Iranians have the same capabilities as the Russians in procuring the necessary items.
Yes.
Iran even struggles to buy oil extraction equipment and expertise.
The Russians make their own and the cost is low because the Ruble is undervalued.
Interesting results from Democracy Perception Index 2022 (study funded by European neolib think tank):
Some snippets:
Some snippets:
- 83% of Chinese think their country is democratic, the highest out of all countries surveyed
- Only 7% of Chinese think their government acts in the interest of a small group of people, by far the lowest out of all countries surveyed
- Only 5% of Chinese disagree with the statement 'Everyone in my country is equal before the law and has the same basic rights', by far the lowest out of all countries surveyed
- 92% of Chinese have a positive perception of China, indicating high levels of patriotism and national pride
The Harvard study found rural residents (people living in underdeveloped areas in general like farmers) have the most positive perception of the Chinese government. I think this is because of China's incredibly aggressive poverty alleviation program. No other country comes close to the scope and depth. With all the development and infrastructure that has been poured into Xinjiang and a healthy amount of affirmative action policies, I wouldn't be surprised if Uyghurs hold the CCP in higher regard than the general Han populace.
Chinese, Indian and African oil demand is still increasing, there's enough capacity to absorb imports from both.
The West has to get its oil from somewhere and sanction enforcement against Iran will be weaker. Iran has also gained a land bridge via a now much more politically aligned Russia to China and north Korea. If Russia completely ignores the sanctions on Iran, then Iran will have far more trade opportunities
I do wonder if terrorists will attempt to bring some of those weapons into the USA. Like seriously, imagine like ISIS or Al Qaeda brings a couple javelin systems and blast the president’s car and decoy in the motorcade or shoot down a civilian airline over a metro area with a stringer missile. The political and public uproar will be insanely huge. Maybe this could backfire on them badly but it’s just as likely the terrorists will blow each other with it.
The key thing that most people don't consider is that while Russia is selling crude at a discount, the various sanctions and embargos have raised the prices of crude roughly 25-28% since February. This means both Russia and Iran might actually be grossing more overall with their energy sales than before. i.e. oil went from 65 to 90, but Russia is selling at a "discount" of 80, they still come out ahead.
It is amazing how retarded these people are. The global oil demand was rising since the West ended the lockdowns are they started forcing people back to work. Global oil production is basically stable. So what do they think will happen? The lockdowns in China and the price increases will crush demand and kill the economic recovery at least in the short term. But is that something to crow about? How retarded. So Europe buys more oil from the Middle East. Great. And the people who used to buy oil from the Middle East, like India, will be buying from who exactly? I have to give credit to the Indians, since at least they have seen this for what it will be and started to rush buying Russian oil.
Consider the extreme difficulty the US had convincing India and China to cut Iranian oil purchases. Well Iran exports about half the oil that Russia does. The Iranian oil wasn't completely cut out of the market. China was basically buying it under the radar. And they expect Russian oil to drop out of the market completely? Idiots.
At the same time Europe is forcing their oil majors like BP, Shell, and Total to leave the Russian market and basically write off their investments and some of the leaders are pushing for them to take a cut on profits to reduce oil price at the pump. So who will be funding all this extra energy capacity they will be needing?
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I'm highly sceptical of this. Since when has it been Chinese policy to call up random journalists in foreign countries and threaten them to take down an article? As if that would ever work. That's something you'd expect from North Korea, not China. Other than who is being interviewed, it doesn't say anything you don't hear from every other western news agency every day.
Also, downgrading relations with a country isn't within the remit of an embassy, that would be the foreign office.
This is either a journalist trying to earn internet points and try and get some positive spin for Israel from Americans.