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By Nicodemus Minde.

idea of Africa as a global balancing power is entrenched in the notion of the balance of power, which in stricter terms refers to the distribution of power among states as the major actors in international relations in order to prevent any one state from becoming more dominant...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is holding talks in Moscow with the Foreign Ministers of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf (GCC).

"I am grateful that you have responded to our proposal to hold the 6th meeting of the Russia-GCC Strategic Dial...

By Rhod Mackenzie

About 125 joint investment projects are currently being implemented between Kazakhstan and Russia, by next year the task is to double this figure, up to 250, Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan Marat Karabayev said at Innoprom-2023.

"In general, in...

By Andrey Sushentsov

It is difficult for us to conduct a dialogue with Westerners and more and more often there is nothing to talk about at all: they use clichés and ideological theses, stubbornly try to promote their narrow-mindedness, and are completely unprepared for a reasoned discussion, writ...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea in Moscow, Nyankoy Aba, declared his country's interest in involving RusHydro in major infrastructure projects in West Africa. We are talking about the construction of dams, hydroelectric power stations, as well as the establishment of an...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The discount on Russian oil for Indian refineries have dropped to $4 a barrel from previous peaks of $25-30, as sellers are waiving offloading tariffs to cover the gap with benchmark Brent crude and bypass Western-imposed price ceilings, Indian media has reported.

According to...