<big>The call to discontinue the case against 26 defendants in the killing of the Saudi journalist comes as Turkey is working to improve relations with rivals across the Arab world . Al-Monitor - 31 March 2012.</big>
ISTANBUL — [On Thursday, the Turkish prosecution lawyer asked the court to suspend the trial in absentia of the 26 Saudis accused of involvement in the 2018 Saudi-Istanbul consulate murder of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi. The prosecutor also requested transfer of the case to Saudi authorities, who have refused to extradite the suspects.] The court said it would seek advice from the Turkish Ministry of Justice and set the next hearing for April 7.
The killing ... caused worldwide outrage and blackened the reputation of Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom US intelligence said had likely ordered the assassination. The prince, known as MBS, has denied any involvement.
[A] former adviser to the Saudi royal family turned critic of MBS, [Jamal Khashoggi was last seen alive] entering the consulate on Oct. 2, 2018….
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Possibly related, in view of the potential need of many nations now to assure fuel supplies:
...Russia — the world’s third largest oil producer behind the United States and Saudi Arabia — is still exporting plenty of oil. Despite the global condemnation of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Russian exports of oil and oil-derived products have yet to show a significant decline, according to data from Kpler, the commodity data and analysis firm.
Some countries, like India, Singapore and Turkey, have sharply increased their receipts of Russian oil in the weeks since the invasion… And the European Union has been unable to agree on an oil embargo among concerns that such a move would push economies in to recession… [and l]ast month, the International Energy Agency projected that Russian oil exports would fall significantly by April as sanctions take hold and more buyers shun exports….
[But a] port loading schedule obtained by Energy Intelligence shows that major Russian ports plan, at least on paper, to export almost 2.9 million barrels of oil a day in April, up significantly from both the previous month and from the same period last year...