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By Alexey Poroshin

The choice of six new countries to join the BRICS five is not accidental. Egypt is an old ally of Russia, which has the largest army in Africa. Russia has a long history of cooperation with Ethiopia. It is the largest state on the continent in terms of population: 123 million pe...

By Dmitry Alekseev

The mutual trade turnover of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in national and friendly currencies in 2023 will amount to 90%, the Russian Foreign Ministry predicts. The department is confident that dollars, euros and yen are unreliable currencies, and the implementation of EAE...

By Igor Nedkin

As of the results of Monday, oil prices werw up to almost $90 per barrel. In total, from the lows of the end of June, the growth has been 25%. Until recently, this was hard to imagine this happening , because the market seemed to be frozen - prices have remained in the range of $ 75...

By Alena Nefedova and Valentin Loginov

Russia is ready to supply up to 1 million tons of grain at reduced prices through Turkey to the World's poorest countries , however it is counting on Qatar's help to do this. Plus this will not be an alternative to the Black Sea agreement. Vladimir Putin sta...

By Anna Koroleva

The Turkish president is going to discuss with the Russian president a return to the grain deal on new terms. The UN has indeed put forward proposals that look attractive, but the organization's ability to enforce them is questionable. Russia will outline its priorities at the mee...

By Rhod Mackenzie

In 2024, the Russian company behind the brand Putin Team Russia will open its first stores outside of Russia. They are talking about opening stores in China, India, the UAE, as well as the countries of the CIS - the first flagship stores will be launched primarily in the major ci...