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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...

By Sergey Reshetnyak

The issue of introducing a single BRICS currency has become quite relevant on the eve of the forthcoming 15th summit of the organization in South Africa, at which, according to some information, the corresponding decision will be made, the expert noted.

“However, here you ne...

By Rhod Mackenzie

By the end of 2023, Chinese regulators are counting on a recovery in demand for gas, which last year fell for the first time in a decade due to covid restrictions. Thus, consumption in the country by the end of 2023 may grow by 7%, up to 390 billion cubic meters. The PRC will ens...

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...