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Russia and America as Natural Friends and Allies? Why Not?
Russia and America as Natural Friends and Allies? Why Not?
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As you read it, the first shipment of Russian diesel fuel, which is 40 thousand tons, might be already off-loaded in New York. And, at the same time, we are... 28.10.2026, Sputnik India
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Joint Russo-American activities at the Arctic gas fields are “under discussion”, President Vladimir Putin confirmed, this week, at the summit of gas-producing nations in Moscow. Fertilizers seem to be another favorite with bookmakers. Rare earth minerals and aluminum are not out or question, too, and in all cases we are talking about deals possibly signed and even launched before the year end. Russian media is full of estimates about what could all that mean for our and American economy, for Europe’s grim future and, most of all, for the world in general.Passions are running wild. Imagine that, the nation is at war, and it seems to be obvious that this is the war with the collective West, which naturally includes Europe, a couple of nations like Canada or Australia, but the main driver of that anti-Russian onslaught is, or was, the US, or at least that was all too obvious under the American Democrats.And now the Russian newspaper Moscow Komsomolets is publishing a lengthy report, that begins with rather precise information about amounts of fertilizers the US may need, plus about areas in Siberia where new rare earth fields have been recently discovered and may be of use to the US. This agency’s columnists are actively predicting America’s urgent need for fertilizers, since we are talking about agriculture being the nation’s forth pillar of export, with estimated volume of 635 billion US dollars against last year’s 573 billion. To note, we are talking about a politically sensitive industry, with the vote in agricultural areas normally going to Republicans.And then there are other expectations. The Izvestia newspaper has recently published a report about a possibility of Russian and American astrophysics working together on discovering alien civilizations in space. Experts from Harvard think that, since the two nations are doing that anyway, but separately, they may as well cooperate in search for alien bacteria and traces of artificial intellect. To be noted, we are talking about a very precise shopping list of projects and laboratories willing to cooperate, with concrete names mentioned and programs listed. Also to be noted, that has happened before, like the famous case of the joint flight of Apollo and Soyuz spaceships in 1975, with their historic docking in space.To remind, you might remember my column of more than a year ago, where a project of a sea tunnel between Alaska and Russia’s extreme North-Eastern territories was mentioned, together with the name of Mr. Kirill Dmitriev, a man also instrumental in mediating a Ukrainian peace deal with Russo-American guarantees to it. But these projects and ideas of business deals between the two powers sounded like a dream at that time, while now we are facing serious reality, with Russian diesel being hard (although liquid) proof of it.Needless to say, the local hardliners are not happy. You just have to look at the ultra-nationalistic Tsargrad website, where you can find a simple idea: Russian exports are a weapon, and you inevitably blunt it, if you allow Americans to tie up with you in any kind of deals.Not to mention the fact that our two economies are historically very weakly tied up with each other, with Russo-American trade standing at only 4.6 billion dollars in 2025. There are more than 30 thousand American sanctions against Russia, imposed under any kind of pretext by mostly the previous, but also by the current administration. In fact, it took a lot of daring by the Trump team to conclude the current diesel deal, sanctions be damned (or outskirted).There are several big issues here, all of them with global impact. What looks most important right now is the problem of global prices for energy, fertilizers and other commodities. Then there is that wonderful reality of America possibly throwing away the anti-Russian strategy of the previous era, while leaving the furious Europe still stuck with that strategy and with economic catastrophe that resulted. Also, how about the China angle, especially considering the preparations to a trilateral summit Russia-China-US in Shenzhen next month?The answers to these questions are many, and my favorite one is: look at India and its terribly complicated relations with the US. There is that problem of knowing for sure if the US needs a strong or a weak India, and exactly who in America backs one or the other kind of answer to that. To add, that Indian-American story has been a long and winding road, while a possible Russo-American turnaround is only starting.I have a chance of getting myself another favorite question, that may spring up after the mentioned trilateral summit in China. Will that summit mean that today’s America abandons the dream of containing China and accepts the need for a long global peace and cooperation, since containment seem to fail?All that guesswork looks enchanting, save for its biggest drawback: people love imagining that foreign policy is being done by extremely wise leaders, capable of making plans for decades to come. But how about hasty decisions, made so as to save the day here and now?And that’s why it is wise to look at what will happen literally tomorrow with the commodity markets, right after the start of the diesel deal or, maybe, if and when a Russo-American fertilizer deal becomes real.Here we have a lot of realistic estimates, especially since many things that are already happening. When Russia has stopped its diesel export after Western-Ukrainian strikes against its refineries in summer, the world has lost one-tenth of its supply, with prices immediately going up. That happened at the same time with the well-known troubles in the Straits of Hormuz. Europe proved to be the main victim of all that, while the prices at American gas stations went up, too. What happens now all across Europe is the direct result of European continuing sponsoring of Ukraine’s was effort, while the US have just saved themselves from that calamity. A million tons of fuel per month going to the US only – that’s a serious figure. And then there is a strong rumor of Americans re-selling Russian diesel to Europe, if they feel benevolent enough: who knows, they may do it.Fertilizers, now: Russia holds about 20% of global sales of that product. Again, Europeans were careless enough to sanction sales of that commodity in the EU territory, but the Americans went on buying. But if the US gets enough of it from Russia, the excess may flow to Europe, cutting down prices.All in all, it does not look like the US is punishing Europeans for being blood-thirsty in the war against Russia. It rather looks like an American effort to save Europe without ignominy of it lifting anti-Russian sanctions. But, in any case, America comes first and wins seriously here and now.Finally, if the US, with Russian help, discovers an alien civilization in space, it will make Donald Trump a hero. Looks like Moscow would not mind it. Making Americans your natural friends and attentive and considerate allies is way better than “containing” them in anything they do.Dmitry Kosyrev is a Russian writer, author of spy novels and short stories. He also did columns for the Pioneer and Firstpost.comThe compact versionAs you read it, the first shipment of Russian diesel fuel, which is 40 thousand tons, might be already off-loaded in New York. And, at the same time, we are witnessing a veritable flood of information on what may come next in two nations business projects, which are many.Joint Russo-American activities at the Arctic gas fields are “under discussion”, President Vladimir Putin confirmed, this week, at the summit of gas-producing nations in Moscow. Fertilizers seem to be another favorite with bookmakers. Rare earth minerals and aluminum are not out or question, too, and in all cases we are talking about deals possibly signed and even launched before the year end. Russian media is full of estimates about what could all that mean for our and American economy, for Europe’s grim future and, most of all, for the world in general.There are several big issues here, all of them with global impact. What looks most important right now is the problem of global prices for energy, fertilizers and other commodities. Then there is that wonderful reality of America possibly throwing away the anti-Russian strategy of the previous era, while leaving the furious Europe still stuck with that strategy and with economic catastrophe that resulted. Also, how about the China angle, especially considering the preparations to a trilateral summit Russia-China-US in Shenzhen next month?The answers to these questions are many, and my favorite one is: look at India and its terribly complicated relations with the US. There is that problem of knowing for sure if the US needs a strong or a weak India, and exactly who in America backs one or the other kind of answer to that. To add, that Indian-American story has been a long and winding road, while a possible Russo-American turnaround is only starting.All that guesswork looks enchanting, save for its biggest drawback: people love imagining that foreign policy is being done by extremely wise leaders, capable of making plans for decades to come. But how about hasty decisions, made so as to save the day here and now?Here we have a lot of realistic estimates, especially since many things that are already happening. When Russia has stopped its diesel export after Western-Ukrainian strikes against its refineries in summer, the world has lost one-tenth of its supply, with prices immediately going up. That happened at the same time with the well-known troubles in the Straits of Hormuz. Europe proved to be the main victim of all that, while the prices at American gas stations went up, too. What happens now all across Europe is the direct result of European continuing sponsoring of Ukraine’s was effort, while the US have just saved themselves from that calamity. A million tons of fuel per month going to the US only – that’s a serious figure. And then there is a strong rumor of Americans re-selling Russian diesel to Europe, if they feel benevolent enough: who knows, they may do it.All in all, it does not look like the US is punishing Europeans for being blood-thirsty in the war against Russia. It rather looks like an American effort to save Europe without ignominy of it lifting anti-Russian sanctions. But, in any case, America comes first and wins seriously here and now. Making Americans your natural friends and attentive and considerate allies is way better than “containing” them in anything they do.Dmitry Kosyrev is a Russian writer, author of spy novels and short stories. He also did columns for the Pioneer and Firstpost.com
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Russia and America as Natural Friends and Allies? Why Not?
As you read it, the first shipment of Russian diesel fuel, which is 40 thousand tons, might be already off-loaded in New York. And, at the same time, we are witnessing a veritable flood of information on what may come next in two nations business projects, which are many.
Joint Russo-American activities at the Arctic gas fields are “under discussion”, President Vladimir Putin confirmed, this week, at the summit of gas-producing nations in Moscow. Fertilizers seem to be another favorite with bookmakers. Rare earth minerals and aluminum are not out or question, too, and in all cases we are talking about deals possibly signed and even launched before the year end. Russian media is full of estimates about what could all that mean for our and American economy, for Europe’s grim future and, most of all, for the world in general.
Passions are running wild. Imagine that, the nation is at war, and it seems to be obvious that this is the war with the collective West, which naturally includes Europe, a couple of nations like Canada or Australia, but the main driver of that anti-Russian onslaught is, or was, the US, or at least that was all too obvious under the American Democrats.
And now the Russian newspaper Moscow Komsomolets is publishing a lengthy report, that begins with rather precise information about amounts of fertilizers the US may need, plus about areas in Siberia where new rare earth fields have been recently discovered and may be of use to the US. This agency’s columnists are actively predicting America’s urgent need for fertilizers, since we are talking about agriculture being the nation’s forth pillar of export, with estimated volume of 635 billion US dollars against last year’s 573 billion. To note, we are talking about a politically sensitive industry, with the vote in agricultural areas normally going to Republicans.
And then there are other expectations. The Izvestia newspaper has recently published a report about a possibility of Russian and American astrophysics working together on discovering alien civilizations in space. Experts from Harvard think that, since the two nations are doing that anyway, but separately, they may as well cooperate in search for alien bacteria and traces of artificial intellect. To be noted, we are talking about a very precise shopping list of projects and laboratories willing to cooperate, with concrete names mentioned and programs listed. Also to be noted, that has happened before, like the famous case of the joint flight of Apollo and Soyuz spaceships in 1975, with their historic docking in space.
To remind, you might remember my column of more than a year ago, where a project of a sea tunnel between Alaska and Russia’s extreme North-Eastern territories was mentioned, together with the name of Mr. Kirill Dmitriev, a man also instrumental in mediating a Ukrainian peace deal with Russo-American guarantees to it. But these projects and ideas of business deals between the two powers sounded like a dream at that time, while now we are facing serious reality, with Russian diesel being hard (although liquid) proof of it.
Needless to say, the local hardliners are not happy. You just have to look at the ultra-nationalistic Tsargrad website, where you can find a simple idea: Russian exports are a weapon, and you inevitably blunt it, if you allow Americans to tie up with you in any kind of deals.
Not to mention the fact that our two economies are historically very weakly tied up with each other, with Russo-American trade standing at only 4.6 billion dollars in 2025. There are more than 30 thousand American sanctions against Russia, imposed under any kind of pretext by mostly the previous, but also by the current administration. In fact, it took a lot of daring by the Trump team to conclude the current diesel deal, sanctions be damned (or outskirted).
There are several big issues here, all of them with global impact. What looks most important right now is the problem of global prices for energy, fertilizers and other commodities. Then there is that wonderful reality of America possibly throwing away the anti-Russian strategy of the previous era, while leaving the furious Europe still stuck with that strategy and with economic catastrophe that resulted. Also, how about the China angle, especially considering the preparations to a trilateral summit Russia-China-US in Shenzhen next month?
The answers to these questions are many, and my favorite one is: look at India and its terribly complicated relations with the US. There is that problem of knowing for sure if the US needs a strong or a weak India, and exactly who in America backs one or the other kind of answer to that. To add, that Indian-American story has been a long and winding road, while a possible Russo-American turnaround is only starting.
I have a chance of getting myself another favorite question, that may spring up after the mentioned trilateral summit in China. Will that summit mean that today’s America abandons the dream of containing China and accepts the need for a long global peace and cooperation, since containment seem to fail?
All that guesswork looks enchanting, save for its biggest drawback: people love imagining that foreign policy is being done by extremely wise leaders, capable of making plans for decades to come. But how about hasty decisions, made so as to save the day here and now?
And that’s why it is wise to look at what will happen literally tomorrow with the commodity markets, right after the start of the diesel deal or, maybe, if and when a Russo-American fertilizer deal becomes real.
Here we have a lot of realistic estimates, especially since many things that are already happening. When Russia has stopped its diesel export after Western-Ukrainian strikes against its refineries in summer, the world has lost one-tenth of its supply, with prices immediately going up. That happened at the same time with the well-known troubles in the Straits of Hormuz. Europe proved to be the main victim of all that, while the prices at American gas stations went up, too. What happens now all across Europe is the direct result of European continuing sponsoring of Ukraine’s was effort, while the US have just saved themselves from that calamity. A million tons of fuel per month going to the US only – that’s a serious figure. And then there is a strong rumor of Americans re-selling Russian diesel to Europe, if they feel benevolent enough: who knows, they may do it.
Fertilizers, now: Russia holds about 20% of global sales of that product. Again, Europeans were careless enough to sanction sales of that commodity in the EU territory, but the Americans went on buying. But if the US gets enough of it from Russia, the excess may flow to Europe, cutting down prices.
All in all, it does not look like the US is punishing Europeans for being blood-thirsty in the war against Russia. It rather looks like an American effort to save Europe without ignominy of it lifting anti-Russian sanctions. But, in any case, America comes first and wins seriously here and now.
Finally, if the US, with Russian help, discovers an alien civilization in space, it will make Donald Trump a hero. Looks like Moscow would not mind it. Making Americans your natural friends and attentive and considerate allies is way better than “containing” them in anything they do.
Dmitry Kosyrev is a Russian writer, author of spy novels and short stories. He also did columns for the Pioneer and Firstpost.com
As you read it, the first shipment of Russian diesel fuel, which is 40 thousand tons, might be already off-loaded in New York. And, at the same time, we are witnessing a veritable flood of information on what may come next in two nations business projects, which are many.
Joint Russo-American activities at the Arctic gas fields are “under discussion”, President Vladimir Putin confirmed, this week, at the summit of gas-producing nations in Moscow. Fertilizers seem to be another favorite with bookmakers. Rare earth minerals and aluminum are not out or question, too, and in all cases we are talking about deals possibly signed and even launched before the year end. Russian media is full of estimates about what could all that mean for our and American economy, for Europe’s grim future and, most of all, for the world in general.
There are several big issues here, all of them with global impact. What looks most important right now is the problem of global prices for energy, fertilizers and other commodities. Then there is that wonderful reality of America possibly throwing away the anti-Russian strategy of the previous era, while leaving the furious Europe still stuck with that strategy and with economic catastrophe that resulted. Also, how about the China angle, especially considering the preparations to a trilateral summit Russia-China-US in Shenzhen next month?
The answers to these questions are many, and my favorite one is: look at India and its terribly complicated relations with the US. There is that problem of knowing for sure if the US needs a strong or a weak India, and exactly who in America backs one or the other kind of answer to that. To add, that Indian-American story has been a long and winding road, while a possible Russo-American turnaround is only starting.
All that guesswork looks enchanting, save for its biggest drawback: people love imagining that foreign policy is being done by extremely wise leaders, capable of making plans for decades to come. But how about hasty decisions, made so as to save the day here and now?
Here we have a lot of realistic estimates, especially since many things that are already happening. When Russia has stopped its diesel export after Western-Ukrainian strikes against its refineries in summer, the world has lost one-tenth of its supply, with prices immediately going up. That happened at the same time with the well-known troubles in the Straits of Hormuz. Europe proved to be the main victim of all that, while the prices at American gas stations went up, too. What happens now all across Europe is the direct result of European continuing sponsoring of Ukraine’s was effort, while the US have just saved themselves from that calamity. A million tons of fuel per month going to the US only – that’s a serious figure. And then there is a strong rumor of Americans re-selling Russian diesel to Europe, if they feel benevolent enough: who knows, they may do it.
All in all, it does not look like the US is punishing Europeans for being blood-thirsty in the war against Russia. It rather looks like an American effort to save Europe without ignominy of it lifting anti-Russian sanctions. But, in any case, America comes first and wins seriously here and now. Making Americans your natural friends and attentive and considerate allies is way better than “containing” them in anything they do.
Dmitry Kosyrev is a Russian writer, author of spy novels and short stories. He also did columns for the Pioneer and Firstpost.com
