This country could rise as Mideast war’s big winner. It’s not US, Israel or Iran
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The spike in oil prices is an obvious short-term boon for Moscow, but some observers are unsure it will have so much impact in the long run.

The scramble in Asia to secure Russian energy supplies – coupled with the temporary lifting of US sanctions – in the wake of the war in Iran has created a growing sense that Moscow might prove the main winner from the conflict. Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of oil and gas suppliers that they should use the “additional revenues” generated by the spike in energy prices as a result of the war and the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Putin has also…

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