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By Rhod Mackenzie
The European Union (EU) has assessed the losses incurred from the sanctions imposed against Russia. According to a report by RIA Novosti on December 18, European countries overpaid €185 billionjust for gas alone. The total loss in the Old World, where calls to reverse the sanctio...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia's trading of alliances from Europe to the Middle monarchies has proved lucrative. On 6th December, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and on the following day,the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi travelled to Moscow for meetings with Putin. T...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused Russia of severing energy ties with Europe and has blamed Moscow for the all the problems that Germans' currently face. Why cannot the German authorities admit their own responsibility? And how do ordinary Germans respond to such "po...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia's net revenues from oil sales in October amounted to $11.3 billion, or 31% of the country's total budget revenues for the month. This was the highest figure since May 2022 and exceeds the figure for any month before the start of the Russian special military operation in Uk...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Bulgaria intends to no longer use Russian oil, rendering the efforts of the Russian oil company Lukoil, who own and operate a local refinery, futile. In response, Lukoil is prepared to sell their assets in Bulgaria prior to the authorities seizing the plant by force. How intentio...
By Rhod Mackenzie
A senior representative of the Russian Ministry of Defence has recently visited various African states. Which specific countries are being targeted, what are the issues are under discussion and how might Russian security (and other) structures be advantageous to African nations?
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