Wholesale gas prices in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands rose on Friday on expectations of higher demand due to colder weather and lower power generation from renewable sources. By 11:08 MSK, the front-month futures at the Dutch TTF hub had risen 0.41% to €86.79 per megawatt-hour, while the British contract for delivery next month was up 0.48% to 214.68 pence per therm.

#MorganStenli #TTF #Britannia #gas #Qatar #Netherlands

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American billionaire and financier Todd Boehly has assembled a consortium to buy the overseas assets of Lukoil, which is under U.S. sanctions. The deal includes the U.S. government corporation DFC, which finances overseas projects, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the Qatari Al-Hayat family.

#DFC #Qatar #Lukoil #uae #USA #ToddBowley

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FBK reported that Svetlana Polyakova and Polina Kovalyova, after the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, received passports of the United Arab Emirates. According to the foundation, Polyakova, whom it calls the partner of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, received citizenship on December 28, 2022, and Kovalyova — shortly before that on the basis of employment.

#Qatar #uae #SergeyLavrov #FBK

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When PSG's plane landed in Paris after their Champions League victory, all the cameras of the welcoming journalists captured the huge inscription QATAR in large letters on its side. No one really hides that the football club is an important part of the «soft power» of the small but wealthy and ambitious Arab state.

#InvestmentsinQatarisports #MiddleEast #MuslimBrotherhood #EuropeanParliament #west #Qatar #ChampionsLeague #lobbying #softpower #RomanAbramovich #sport #France #football #SoccerWorldCup

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