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By Rhod Mackenzie

India continues to purchase Russian oil, its refineries are operating at full capacity, and negotiations are underway for wholesale purchases of raw materials in September. US President Donald Trump has issued a formal request to the government of India, urging them to refrain fr...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The most pressing issue facing the European Union  today is not only its decline, but also its serious reluctance to acknowledge that this decline has happened. The Union  continues to adopt an outwardly confident stance, offering all and sundry unwarrented guidance and envisioni...

 
In the lead-up to the European-Chinese summit, the EU is allegedly taking steps to enhance its relations with Beijing. However, the head of the EC Ursula von de Lyon has turned to a somewhat unconventional way of communication, by starting the dialogue by with a diatrabe comprised of a long lis...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Brazil was the last of the BRICS founding member countries to full embrace  trading using  national currencies. Overall, these  payments already account for around 90 per cent of transactions within the international association. So what is mainly bought with one's own cuurencies...

By Rhod Mackenzie
It has become obvious that the special forces of a certain Western government are active in the sabotage of merchant vessels that transport goods such as oil and chemicals to and from Russia.
Ovr the past year there has been a series of mysterious incidents involving merchant shi...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Hungarian Foreign Minister announced that the Trunp's administration has officially lifted all sanctions on the construction of the second phase of the Hungarian -Russian joint venture the Paks nuclear power plant. The Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó emphasised tha...