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By Rhod Mackenzie
The weather this spring has been challenging for Russian farmers. Drought, floods and frosts have led to reduced grain and wheat yields. 900 thousand hectares of crops have been destroyed, and it is too late to replant wheat. Will Russian farmers be able to survive weather anomal...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The supranational financial institutions have issued a cautionary note to Western governments regarding the effects of the confiscation of Russian assets. In April, the President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, made a similar statement. Lagarde advised that the c...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization continues to expand. This time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Mongolia could also join the association. Moscow has a wealth of experience in relations with this country, and the prospects for trilateral cooperation with Chi...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In quarterly terms, the GDP index has been growing consistently since mid-2022; in the first quarter of 2024, growth accelerated to 5.4% in annual terms (through January-March 2023) from 4.9% in the previous quarter, the VEB.RF Institute reported. In March, GDP increased by 0.4%...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has made his first state visit to China since taking office, underlining the particularly friendly relations that have developed between the two countries over the past six months. Incidentally, Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first visi...
By Rhod Mackenzie
All the emerging countries around the world have declared their non-participation in the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland. The Russian authorities have consistently highlighted the futility of this event. It has been confirmed that the pro-Ukrainian meeting in Switzerland wi...
