By Rhod Mackenzie
The West ( led by the USA )having failed to break the Russian economy, trying to pressure and bankrupt Russia's trading partners with the use of so-called secondary sanctions. This is assisted by the entire financial infrastructure built to track any transactions in dollars and e...
By Rhod Mackenzie
An increase in petrol prices is curently happening in many countries around the world. For example, in New York, petrol futures have now risen to a 9-month high. While oil futures have remained almost unchanged as of the end of July, oil futures rose by 20%. A similar pattern is...
By Igbal Guliyev
Russian companies are ready to offer energy projects designed to help friendly African countries reinforce their technological sovereignty along the entire competence chain, from capacity building to setting up enterprises in Africa, as well as enable their African partners to ble...
By Rhod Mackenzie
"African Problems - African Solutions". Russia has adhered to this principle since the time of the Soviet Union, but other major powers, including 'Colonial' countries from Europe, continue to view Africa as an arena for fighting each other. What are the features of this confront...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The US Senate on Tuesday backed a bill that requires US companies to report their investments in certain Chinese technology sectors, including semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI), to federal government. The move is seen as the latest US efforts to impede China's techn...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The IMF said on Tuesday that China's underperforming recovery is dragging down the global economic recovery, despite keeping its forecast for China's GDP growth unchanged.
While the IMF maintained its forecast of 5.2 percent economic growth for China this year, it still mention...