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By Pepe Escobar.

At the SCO, Russia, China, India, Iran and Pakistan sit at the same table.

Bukhara The Noble, the “Dome of Islam”, with a history stretching back 2.500 years, bears too many marvels to mention: from the two-millennia-old Ark, a fortress around which the city developed, to the 48...

By Sergei Manukov

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Finance (KSA) sold more than $3 billion worth of US bonds in June. This is their lowest level American public debt, according to the US Treasury - $108.1 billion.
The oil-producing states of the Persian Gulf seem to be losing faith in the US dollar...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian Federation is working with its partners on alternatives to the Black Sea initiative to deliver grain to countries in need, including African countries.

This was announced by Russian Ambassador to Turkey Alexei Yerkhov.

“The Black Sea Initiative is by no means a p...

By Emil Avdaliani

In many ways Russia and Iran find themselves in a similar geo-strategic position. Both are heavily sanctioned by the West and pursue a set of policies which aim at bolstering their respective influence on their regional, if not global stage. They also work to diminish the collect...

By Milana Živanović

Serbia, a small European country with a population of 6.6 million people (according to the results of the last census in 2022, excluding the territories of Kosovo and Metohija), is surrounded on almost all sides by NATO member countries. It has been striving to become part of t...

By Rhod Mackenzie

From July 15 to August 14, the average price of the Russian Urals brand of export oil mixture was $70.33 per barrel, or $513.4 per ton (against $58.03 per barrel a month earlier). From September 1, the Ministry of Finance will increase the export duty on oil by $4.5, to $21.4 per...