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By Rhod Mackenzie

The European Union is looking at the adoption of a new package of sanctions against Russia by the end of 2023 . This was reported by the EU Foreign Service. The association is already preparing the 12th list of measures. However, according to the MEPs, there are no specifics yet,...

By Rhod Mackenzie

A number of banks in Russia's neighboring countries - primarily in Central Asia - have refused to work with the Russian Unistream payment system. So the United States, with the threat of the use of sanctions, is trying to break Moscow's financial and trade ties with the Central A...

By Yaroslav Lissovolik

The upcoming BRICS summit in South Africa is set to reveal the criteria as well as possibly the composition of the next wave of BRICS members and/or members of the expanded BRICS+ alliance. In many respects this is set to be one of the most significant BRICS summits in the p...

By Andrey Sushentsov.

In the current international crisis has created a similar situation: the United States is again acting more flexibly towards Russia than the Europeans. Washington, on the one hand, is trying to offer its own scenario, which is unacceptable for Russia; on the other hand, the A...

By Pavel Kalmychek

Russia and the African continent are natural trade and economic partners. Russia strives to listen to the needs of Africans, building relationships on the principle of “development not at the expense of, but together with Africa.” We hope that the 2nd Summit, as well as the Russ...

By Rhod Mackenzie

With sea ice melting in the summer, the commercial value of the Arctic shipping route is back in the spotlight, which is an important area where China and Russia have potential and should strengthen collaboration.

With the navigation season along Russia's northern sea route ope...