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By Rhod Mackenzie

Russian electronics importers have stopped using dollars and euros for payments and are now using currencies such as yuan and dirhams from friendly countries, according to news reports. This has helped to avoid price increases for equipment and, in some cases, even reduce prices....

By Pepe Escobar

As we enter incandescent 2024, four major trends will define the progress of interconnected Eurasia.

1.Financial/trade integration will be the norm. Russia and Iran already integrated their financial message transfer systems, bypassing SWIFT and trading in rials and rubles. Russi...

By Timofey Bordachev

The main events of international politics in 2023 have shown that the origin of the current fundamental changes is natural, and the main processes are constructive. That is why the past year will be considered by future historians as the end of the period in which the new real...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Houthi attacks on ships passing by the coast they control in the southwest Arabian Peninsula began late last year. As a result, many shipping companies, including giants such as Maersk, have been forced to send their ships around Africa, bypassing the Red Sea and the Suez Canal,...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The South African rand was slightly weaker against the US dollar, trading at 18.7, as the dollar strengthened ahead of a highly anticipated US inflation report that could provide insight into the Federal Reserve's future actions. While the US central bank is expected to begin cut...

By Prerna Gandhi

India today is the fastest-growing economy in the world, with a strong outlook of 7-8 per cent growth rates for the coming decade. Russia, despite having become the most sanctioned economy in the world, has shown uncommon resilience and returned to positive GDP growth.

Bilatera...