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By Rhod Mackenzie

Iran and Azerbaijan, which found themselves on the verge of armed confrontation six months ago, began to cautiously draw closer. The Iranian Foreign Minister traveled to Baku, where he met with Ilham Aliyev. As a result of the talks, the parties announced a positive atmosphere an...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia's GDP grew by 1.1% in May against the previous month after a 0.1% increase in April, VEB.RF's Institute for Research and Expertise reported. The country's economy has only one percent left to grow to reach the pre-war maximum of December 2021, and the pre-pandemic peak of...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The manufacturing industry has updated records - and it's not just the defense industry's flywheel. A large number of industries are either already at their peak or are actively recovering, responding to demand from the population and enterprises

Industrial production continues...

By Rhod Mackenzie

More and more investors in the single European currency zone, which unites 20 countries that have abandoned their national currencies in favor of the euro, are less and less looking forward to the future. At least the nearest one, writes Reuters. Optimism in the eurozone is now a...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The three-party ruling coalition in Germany, led by the Social Democrats of Olaf Scholz, came to power at the very end of 2021 and has been steadily losing popularity since then. 70% of the participants in the INSA poll, the results of which were published by the Bild newspaper o...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The oil discount was not a gift or good will gesture , but a very specific market instrument. The discount for India was caused by a number of geopolitical prerequisites that are now losing their relevance, Igor Yushkov, an energy analyst, told the VZGLYAD newspaper. Earlier, Ind...