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By Olga Samoflavlova

It was not something that Russia did that led to the rise in prices for fertilizers, energy resources and grain, but it was the short-sighted policy of Western countries back in the coronavirus years, President Vladimir Putin said. How exactly did the West disperse inflation,...

By Pepe Escobar

The geopolitical chessboard is in perpetual shift – and never more than in our current incandescent juncture.
A fascinating consensus in discussions among Chinese scholars – including those part of the Asian and American diasporas – is that not only Germany/EU lost Russia, perhaps...

By Timofei Bordachev.

The basis of the modern international order is the procedure created by the countries of the West, and the central idea underlying this procedure is the immanent injustice of international politics. Even after Russia succeeds in Ukraine, it would be somewhat naive to expect o...

By Rhod Mackenzie

India is discussing the possibility of creating its own international financial messaging system modeled on the SWIFT system for rupee settlements in its international trade, the Economic Times reported, citing sources.

An expert committee of bankers is studying all options and...

By Andrey Rezchikov

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin has called for the opening of a Russian transport and logistics center on the African east coast. This would ensure Africa's connection to the North-South transport corridor. In Soviet times, Russia was actively present on the continent, bu...

By Zhao Yusha

A number of officials and delegates from Central Asian countries are looking to expand the levels of cooperation with China beyond the traditional sectors and deepen collaboration in areas such as green energy, people to people exchanges, as well as poverty relief.

Uzbekistan att...