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Russia: Sanctions by West cannot force Moscow to change course
Jul 21, 2022 14:59Moscow says sanctions by the West against Russia over Ukraine war cannot force the Kremlin to change course, five months into a military operation in the ex-Soviet country.
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Russia not to supply oil to world market if price cap imposed
Jul 21, 2022 04:17Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak says Moscow will not export oil to the world market if a price cap is imposed below the cost of production.
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China calls on the US to stop 'bandit behavior' of looting Syrian resources
Jul 21, 2022 03:47China has called on the United States to immediately stop plundering Syria’s national resources after reports said American forces had recently transferred stolen Syrian oil to northern Iraq.
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US dollar must be removed from global transactions: Leader
Jul 21, 2022 01:53Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has voiced his support for the gradual removal of the US dollar from global transactions in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Iran to include more currencies in its new pairing system
Jul 21, 2022 01:48Central Bank of Iran (CBI) officials say they plan to include more currencies in a new system that allows exporters and importers to settle their payments under currency pairings coordinated with other countries.
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Russia’s objectives in Ukraine now extend beyond Donbas: Lavrov
Jul 20, 2022 23:39Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Moscow's military "tasks" in Ukraine have now gone beyond the eastern region of Donbas due to constant supplies of Western equipment, weapons, and ammunition to Kiev.
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Iran to pump gas from South Pars Phase 11 in winter: NIOC
Jul 20, 2022 13:40Iran will be able to extract natural gas from a difficult gas field in the Persian Gulf where development works have stalled for nearly five years because of American sanctions on the country, according to a senior official in the Iranian Oil Ministry.
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Syria cuts diplomatic relations with Ukraine
Jul 20, 2022 04:25Syria has severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine in response to Kiev's cutting of ties with Damascus, after the latter established ties with two self-proclaimed republics in in eastern Ukraine.
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Iran’s chief banker: Exchange market launches trading in Iranian rial/ruble
Jul 20, 2022 00:29Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Ali Salehabadi says the country's foreign exchange market has launched Iranian rial/Russian ruble trading, a step toward ditching the dollar in Tehran-Moscow economic and financial ties.
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Pres. Raeisi terms Iran-Russia cooperation in fighting terrorism effective
Jul 19, 2022 12:25President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Tehran prior to the Astana Summit due to be held tonight.