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By Gleb Baranov

September has turned out to be the best month of this year for oil prices so far. Last Friday, West Texas WTI, and on Monday, North Sea Brent, broke through the strong resistance levels, then reaching highs not seen since November: $88.08 and $91.15, respectively.

It was difficul...

By Gevorg Mirzayan

The collective West is making efforts to destroy Russia’s relationship with one of the most promising countries on the planet – India. Why exactly are they doing this and why does New Delhi, despite all these attempts and difficulties, support Moscow in its global confrontation...

By Leonid Tsukanov

Saudi Arabia persistently moves quickly into the group of “peacekeeping powers”. For Riyadh, active diplomatic work is an element of the competition for the right to be considered athe heart of the power of the new world order, an attempt to "reset" the country's image and get r...

By Lito U. Gagni

With the addition of six more countries to BRICS during the group’s recently concluded summit in Johannesburg, the big question now is whether the Philippines and its Asean partners are keen on being a part of the emerging economic grouping that could alter the global economic lan...

By Sergey Manukov

The biggest threat to America from de-dollarization, according to JPMorgan, is not so much the appearance of a competitor's currency, but the loss of Washington's main weapon with which it fought economic and financial crises in the past. The dollar helped Western central banks u...

By Olga Samofalova

Russia has been selling its Urals grade crude oil above the sanctions price ceiling for two months now. However, the West it appears is in no hurry to adjust their sanctions policy, although it initially threatened to do so every two months. The US and Europe are not silent for...