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By Pepe Escobar.

It will take ages to unpack the silos of information inbuilt in the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok last week, coupled with the – armored - train-keeps-a-rollin’ conducted by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un straddling every nook and cranny of Primorsky Krai.
The key themes...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The volume of trade between Russia and China may exceed $200 billion by the end of this year, the Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov told reporters in Beijing.

The Russian delegation led by Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov is on a working...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The leadership of the European Union is trying to erect a new "Iron Curtain" in Europe, limiting the possibilities of communication between peoples. This is stated in the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry published today, 18 September, on the "clarifications" of the Europea...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The emphasis on the use of the yuan in bilateral settlements with China is inevitable, but the share of the ruble in them is also growing, the Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov told reporters in Beijing.

According to him, in bilateral agreements with China...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia is ranked 17th in the list of the world's largest food exporters. It also made the biggest jump in the top 20 over the past decade, with exports increasing by 2.5 times. But Russia wants to sell even more food products abroad. It's not even about feeding friendly countries...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Beijing and Moscow will continue to strengthen their strategic coordination despite Washington's negative rhetoric. This was announced in a Global Times (GT) in an editorial published on Monday 18 September.

The newspaper was commenting on the Russian-Chinese consultations on s...