INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Unlike Trump's first presidential victory in 2016, which Russian elites greeted with jubilation, the Republican's comeback is being met
with more apprehension in Moscow.At least from an economic point of view, there are no good omens for a second Trump
bipartisan agreement on Russia-related restrictions and commitment to supporting Kyiv, lawmakers could thwart any moves Trump makes just as
may indeed appeal to Trump's mercantilist sensibilities
One is the sharp increase in American liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to Europe to replace Russian pipeline gas since the invasion of
Brussels have also been putting increasing pressure on Russia's own LNG industry
Moscow needs LNG to be able to ship gas by sea, as opposed to the traditional supply of natural gas by pipeline, which faces headwinds due
pushing for new measures against Russian LNG, something that would make American gas even more important for Europe and something that Trump
administration's likely measures to encourage further growth in United States oil production, just as the country's economic
Higher United States oil production means more global supply, while a possible economic slowdown in China, one of Russia's key oil
commodity prices and Trump's potential policies putting pressure on China's economy such as new tariffs as factors weighing on oil
prices.Earlier, the World Bank forecast that the average price of one barrel of Brent crude oil would fall to a four-year low of $73 a
"major shift" in China, where oil demand has flatlined since 2023 amid a slowdown in industrial production and a rise in sales of electric
