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Last week, President Vladimir Putin outlined the conditions for the return of foreign companies and stated that only those who did not harm the businesses they were leaving behind, but handed it over safely to Russian management, can return.

Some foreign companies that exited the Russian market ov...

The former Bridgestone plant, one of the most modern tyre manufacturing plants in Russia, has been relaunched in the Ulyanovsk Region. It has become part of the Russian tyre holding Cordiant. The facility will produce both mass-market tires under the Cordiant brand and the premium Gislaved range. So...

France is facing yet a significant challenge as one of its key cultural and commercial assets, the renowned French luxury drink cognac, is at risk of financial destruction. The French cognac producers  have expressed concerns that their industry is on the brink of destruction. This situation is unfo...

The information reported by  Bloomberg and the German publication Correctiv regarding the potential resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe would have been speculative, had President Putin not addressed the issue. In particular, he stated that cooperation between Russia and the United States wo...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The EU countries plus the UK having expended significant quantities of ammunition in support of Ukraine,  concluded that it was time to replenish supplies. However,they have discovered that this is not going to be not be a simple task in practice. In the process of remilitarisati...

The situation with gold is paradoxical. While the price of gold in dollars is reaching unprecedented heights on the global market, the price in rubles is experiencing a decline in Russia. In Russia, the price of gold has decreased from 9,000 to less than 8,000 rubles per gram. What are the driving f...