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Managing Director of Macro-Adviosry Ltd., which provides companies & investors with independent strategy and bespoke consulting services in Russia & Eurasia.

Washington, DC
Joined June 2014
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The price of Urals crude is trading at just under $69 p/bbl today, a discount of less than $14 p/bbl to benchmark Brent. In 1Q this year the discount was as high as $35 p/bbl at one point as Russia struggled to find new markets for the oil and products diverted from Europe. 1/4
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This video shows how traditional Uzbek bread is made. The doughs are baked upside down, where the heat keeps them in place and the bakers know exactly when to grab them out of the oven before they fall off [full video, Pure Life: buff.ly/3FMoN2i] xitter.cf/DammitBeans/status/148…
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Further evidence that International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for Putin is creating further divisions in world politics and is accelerating the pace towards “east-developing and west-developed” spheres of interest. 1/5 #Russia #ICC #BRICS
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The other topic likely to feature in Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov’s visit to Beijing (apart from boosting gas supplies) is Chinese investment in the Turkmenbashi Port on the Caspian Sea. 1/3 #Turkmenistan #China
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“It’s not clear to me at all that the Russians can do what they want to do,” says @jeffaedmonds as Putin hints at further Russian expansion. #MTPNOW “While they’re fighting better now than they did at the beginning of this conflict, they’re doing so with a broken force."
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We are proud to be part of the inaugural Uzbekistan Investment Forum taking place in Tashkent today #Uzbekistan #Tashkent #investmentforum #EconTwitter #Uzbekistaninvestment
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We first debuted this look as a surprise at the 1973 Beanpot against Harvard. 49 years later ... surprise, it's back! #BUBeanpot
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Russia has long chafed at its position in Europe’s post-Cold War security order. Read @DmitriTrenin on what Moscow hopes to achieve from its recent threats toward Ukraine—and whether the West can make a deal. trib.al/c1ZfNI1
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The latest from @ChrisWeafer of @macro_advisory regarding sanctions and the potential impact on the Russian economy. From Al Jazeera. mediaview.aljazeera.com/vide…
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MOSCOW BLOG: Cuban missile crisis II #Russia #Putin #Nato #bne #EmergingMarket bit.ly/3Go5CNz
Macro-Advisory CEO @ChrisWeafer speaking to BBC World Business about the economic & demographic challenges facing the Kremlin in the coming years - and how it is positioned to deal with these challenges. BBC World Interview youtu.be/KMiZ0R-aNYg via @YouTube #Russia #OOTT
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Read @ChrisWeafer’s comments in the following article on the OPEC+ dispute and Russia's position. Russia unlikely to interfere in Saudi-UAE dispute to raise oil output timesnewsexpress.com/news/eu… #OOTT #OPEC #Russia #RussiaOPEC #BrentCrude
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Excellent Op-Ed from the Washington Post by Matthew Rojansky & Dmitri Alperovitch (former CTO of CrowdStrike) on the need for a focused approach in dealing with recent ransomware attacks. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…