A key focus of the visit was a plan for peaceful nuclear cooperation between Russia and Laos.

Russia and India stressed their commitment to a "strategic partnership" in bilateral security talks in Moscow

"Russia will attempt to exploit the rift between the U.S. and India by proposing the restoration of the Russia-India-China trilateral and new projects in defence,"

Imports of goods from Russia in the first quarter of 2025 totaled 8.74 billion euros ($10.11 billion), down from 30.58 billion euros four years earlier. Since January 2022, the EU has imported 297 billion euros' worth of Russian goods.

Trump's threat to India over its purchases of Russian oil started on July 31, when he announced a 25% tariff for Indian goods, along with an unspecified penalty.

Calculations based on data from European gas transmission group Entsog showed that Russian gas exports via the TurkStream pipeline rose to 51.5 million cubic metres (mcm) per day in July from 37.6 mcm per day in June.

The eight OPEC+ countries also noted that this measure will provide an opportunity for the participating countries to accelerate their compensation.

While strengthening oversight over Russian gas imports, the Proposal’s transparency and traceability measures place a significant burden on importers and other stakeholders, while risking regulatory overreach – particularly if over-zealously implemented – thus potentially increasing costs and preventing legitimate gas imports from entering the EU.

Oil traders and shipping companies have been waiting for direction from New Delhi on whether supplies from Moscow will be allowed to continue after US President Donald Trump last week threatened punitive action to curb trade with Russia.

The Tanzanian government had completed an environmental assessment in June and has green-lit the project to start.

According to the Russian Ministry of Energy, Russia’s state nuclear power corporation (Rosatom) and Niger’s Energy Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday (July 28).

Szijjártó said that with the increasing electricity demand there was a need to sustain energy security by increasing nuclear capacity and "SMRs are the ideal solution for us".

Meanwhile, Chang said Malaysia signed a Civil Nuclear Strategic Partnership agreement with the US, envisaging long-term cooperation in developing Malaysia’s civil nuclear energy capabilities in a safe and responsible manner.

The Committee reiterated the critical importance of achieving full conformity and compensation, and requested countries that did not achieve full conformity to submit updated compensation plans to the OPEC Secretariat by 18 August 2025.

Japanese oil refiner Taiyo Oil Co. is transporting Russian crude oil to Japan for the first time in two years—on the tanker Voyager, which is blacklisted by the EU and the US Treasury Department.