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Russia has accumulated a record gold reserve in the last twenty-five years. In January, the share of gold in Russian reserves reached 33.3%, representing the highest figure since autumn 1999. The value of the gold reserves exceeded 200 billion dollars. Could this signal a shift away from the dollar,...

According to reports the Major Western clothing brands are already testing the waters to return to Russian shopping malls. Everyone else will follow - McDonald's, Visa and Mastercard, Western carmakers and equipment manufacturers. Who will come to Russia first, and who will have problems coming bac...

Now one of the most famous  or should I say infamous figures in British history is a man called Guy Fawkes and his Gunpowder Plot in which he was allleged to have plotted to blow up the British Houses of Parliament at its State Opening by the King.Even today November the 5th is known as Guy Fawkes n...

China has decided to halt the purchase of energy from the United States. In response to U.S. trade tariffs, Beijing has imposed its own duties on American LNG, oil, and coal. The potential for a new tariff war between the two largest economies could further reshape global trade and energy flows. How...

Russia, the largest country in the world,  Russia its coastline is washed by 12 seas and three oceans. Russia is connected with the Atlantic ocean through the Baltic Sea in the west and the Black Sea in the south. The Arctic Ocean and its seas including the White, Barents, Kara, Laptev, East‑Siberia...

Finland,which recently joined NATO and has gone from being a large trading partner of Russia into a country that has developed serious Russaphobia and is destroying its economy by joining sanctions against Russia.  

The decision to cease purchasing Russian timber has had severe consequences for Fi...