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Who is to blame for Mongolia’s fuel shortages?

Since the third quarter of 2023, the Mongolian public have been shaken by regular media reports of gasoline and diesel shortages in various parts of the country. Furthermore, to lend credence to these reports, a regular succession of publications have appeared stating just how many days’ worth of fuel are left in the country. This trend has become particularly evident since the Russian Federation introduced restrictions on fuel exports in 2023 to stabilize its domestic market. Mongolia receives more than 95% of all its fuel by rail from its northern neighbor, and more than 75% of all of Ulaanbaatar’s fuel imports come from Rosneft…

Boris Kushhov

Explosive Georgian Ratlines, Weapons Trafficking – Turn in Political Direction & Wakeup Call!

Georgia has long been recognized as a transit point for all sorts of illegal trade between Central Asia, The Middle East, and Europe. It is in the direct interest of Western law enforcement and intelligence services to understand this conduit so that they can anticipate goods movements, which can have a drastic impact on both national communities and foreign civil and military deployments. On the 5th of February 2024, the Georgian State Security Service, (SSS) has announced that an attempt to smuggle plastic explosives into Russia by the Daryal Pass had been thwarted…

Henry Kamens

Toward the 2024 Parliamentary Elections in South Korea. Part Five. Lee Nak-yon’s Different Future

South Korean politics has many individuals with the surname Lee. This includes Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), Lee Jun-seok, a former conservative leader who began his independent career at age 38, and Lee Nak-yon, who is on his way to become the leader of a breakaway faction. The 71-year-old former DPK chairman, a four-term lawmaker, served as prime minister from 2017 to 2020 during the Moon Jae-in administration. As both premier and party leader, Lee demonstrated his competence as an administrator…

Konstantin Asmolov

Bakhty-Ayagoz: Plans for the Kazakhstan Railway for the Needs of the Eurasian Corridors

Boris Kushhov

Israel-Hezbollah: So far only a tug of war

Viktor Mikhin

Toward the 2024 Parliamentary Elections in South Korea. Part Four. Lee Jun-seok’s Game

Konstantin Asmolov

Wang Yi's meeting with Jake Sullivan

Vladimir Terehov

French President's visit to India

Anvar Azimov

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