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By Sofwan F Arrasyid

The global economy always moves in ever-evolving dynamics, every economic actor, whether countries, groups of countries, multinational private companies or international organizations, has a significant role. One group that is increasingly prominent in the world economic lands...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia will help African countries to gain independent control over the extraction and development of their resources. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in his address to the participants of the opening ceremony of the International Congress "Africa in Sea...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian bank VTB published figures regarding their sales of gold ingots to individual customers. It appears that Russians are still keen to buy gold, and this autumn the demand has gone up. What is the reason behind this sudden craze for gold and what other ways are there to...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The prioritization of increasing payments in local currencies between SCO member states is crucial, this was stated by the Deputy Secretary General of the organization, Grigory Logvinov, during a press conference on Tuesday. Currently, this process has been successfully implement...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on official business.

In Abu Dhabi, Putin engaged in talks with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan that discussed the current state and potential future of the mu...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The market practically overlooked the thirty-sixth meeting of the relevant ministers of the OPEC+ oil club countries on November 30. Although there were production cuts announced of 2.2 million barrels per day (mbd), oil prices briefly increased before decreasing again, ultimatel...