Vladimir Simonov
Qatar: Wind of Change or a Minor Facelift?
After the Cabinet reshuffling at the beginning of this year, when many prominent representatives of the Al-Attiyah clan, the second most powerful after the House of Thani, were replaced with members of the ruling dynasty, some experts in...
OPEC Meeting and its Consequences for Oil Producers
The results of the recent OPEC meeting were pretty predictable - all the member states announced their reluctance to cut oil production levels, while some are even planning to increase them. In the meantime, Iran wants to...
Would Moscow Persuade Damascus to Take Peace Seriously?
Late on March 14, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin summoned Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to the Kremlin in order to announce in front of numerous TV crews that Russia was beginning a partial withdrawal of...
