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By Rhod Mackenzie

Bahrain believes that joining BRICS will bolster its position in the region and in the world in terms of economic development and security, according to the kingdom's ambassador to the Russian Federation, Ahmed Abdulrahman Al Saati, who spoke to RIA Novosti.
Bahrain has official...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Baidu, a Chinese entity, has been procuring chips from US-based company Nvidia for a prolonged period. The ongoing technological friction between Beijing and Washington, coupled with US Department of Justice's sanctions on Chinese corporations, has resulted in the Chinese firm s...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Over a hundred British companies have confessed to sidestepping sanctions imposed on Russia, hoping to avoid hefty penalties. According to analysts, the restrictions have posed a daunting challenge for all European enterprises. In some fields, adhering to these restrictions is a...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Someof the Western members of the UN Security Council (SC) opposed the inclusion of a request to bring to justice those accountable for the terrorist attack on the Nord Stream pipelines in the draft statement of the Security Council chairman, according to Vasily Nebenzya, Russia'...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On 2nd November at 18:00 Moscow time, trading on the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange was suspended due to it falling under the sanctions imposed on Russia entities. Although trading of Russian shares continued on the next day from 2 p.m., foreign securities trading has not yet resu...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The US Assistant Secretary for Energy Geoffrey Pyatt stated that the United States seeks to shut down the Arctic LNG 2 initiative.

Earlier, the US Treasury increased its range of penalties towards Russia, which contains sanctions on Arctic LNG 2. Leonid Mikhelson, the head of N...