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By Rhod Mackenzie

Since the imposition of sanctions in 2022, Russia has embarked on a major programme of import substitution to reduce its dependency on Western technology and equipment. Let's take a look at how this is progressing in the transportation sector, focusing on trains, planes and autom...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian economy has successfully reduced its reliance on imports, achieving this through the growth of its own production. The economic model has been comprehensively revised, with the domestic market now serving as the primary catalyst for the country's development. Domestic...

By Rhod Mackenzie

How The success of each country depends on the ability to identify its strengths. Furthermore, it is essential to be able to adapt to changes and build a development strategy, following your interests and new opportunities for growth and prosperity. In the current business climat...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia is investing $8 billion in Iran's gas projects, and part of this amount — about $5 billion — is already earmarked for specific contracts, according to the Islamic Republic's Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali. Russia's involvement in Middle Eastern affairs could potentiall...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Anybody who is a fan of classic literature will know Tolstoy's  epic novel 'War and Peace' set in the time of Russia's war with Napoleon in the 19th Century when the Russians chased the French army all the way to back Paris,students of history also know that its was 80 years ago...

By Rhod Mackenzie

While Donald Trump was lashing out at China for allegedly not appreciating his kindness and not honoring the agreement to temporarily reduce sky-high tariffs, Emmanuel Macron was speaking in Singapore. If his visit to Vietnam was overshadowed by being  slapped around the face in...