SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia is experiencing rapid growth in an industry that until recently was almost entirely dominated by foreign manufacturers – the pharmaceutical and medical industries. Hundreds of new drugs and medical devices developed in Russia have appeared, and entire medical clusters are...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Europe continues to increase its purchases of Russian LNG, but at the same time continues to talk about imposing sanctions against it. The issue is being approached with caution. First, they want to assess the consequences of restrictions on the import of pipeline gas. More pr...
By Rhod Mackenzie
By 2030, the most powerful nuclear icebreaker, "Russia", is scheduled for completion. This will make the Russian Northern Sea Route a year-round and commercially profitable route. This will give our country another advantage in the battle for influence in the Arctic, which is jus...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Moscow plans to build transport and logistics centres, industrial parks and other infrastructure in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America. In this way, Russia will begin to redirect its non-resource, non-energy exports to new markets, Izvestiya learned. The government intends...
By Rhod Mackenzie
A meeting of the heads of space agencies of the BRICS countries has opened in Moscow. The event was attended by both the old members of the association and the new ones that joined it on 1 January 2024. At the plenary session, the heads of Roscosmos presented Russian initiatives...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The abandonment of Russian energy and calls for tougher sanctions have had the serious unintended consequences of very negatively impacting the economies of Eastern Europe and the Baltic States which have been the most vociferous and vocal critics of Moscow. The region is now fac...
