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By Rhod Mackenzie
Despite the continued presence of significant Russophobic rhetoric, Poland has decided to expand border cooperation with Belarus, while Finland is hinting at the imminent opening of its border with Russia. So why is Lithuania is calling this a claiming "low punch from the devio...
By Rhod Mackenzie
With a script so ridiculous that it could come from a Hollywood comedy I want to talk Lithuania's desire to punish its neighbour Belarus over cigarette smuggling which has ultimately resulted in not only the punishment of its own citizens but the destruction of one of its mst i...
By Rhod Mackenzie
SCO: What is it?
Which countries are part of the organisation?
What are the organisation's goals?
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation dates back to 1996, when the Shanghai Five was created. The association comprised Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China and Tajikistan. The c...
Despite the challenging circumstances, Russian mechanical engineering is demonstrating remarkable resilience. The decline of the industry began in the spring of 2022, coinciding with an increase in geopolitical tensions. However, this proved to be a short-lived phenomenon. The first growth impulse o...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has made his second trip to Beijing this year, visiting China on a working visit. At a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he announced a "historic increase in the level of relations" between the two states and recognized, for...
By Dmitry Alekseev
The mutual trade turnover of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in national and friendly currencies in 2023 will amount to 90%, the Russian Foreign Ministry predicts. The department is confident that dollars, euros and yen are unreliable currencies, and the implementation of EAE...
