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By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the VTB international forum "Russia Calling" that the number of foreign companies operating in Russia did not decrease after the introduction of sanctions, but on the contrary increased by almost 1.5 thousand.

"As of 1 March 2022, 24...

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

The number of foreign contacts made by Russian President Vladimir Putin recently shows that the West's attempts to isolate Russia have failed. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on 13 December during a government session of the Federation Council.
"The cou...

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

The new Argentinian authorities are presently undecided about whether to join the BRICS alliance of major non-Western countries.
BRICS remains open to aid developing economies and protect their interests. Wang Wenbin, the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry,...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia, under the plan announced earlier this year by Vladimir Putin to send free shipments of grain to several African nations, has delivered the initial consignment to Somalia this week. Somalia has received a shipment of 25,000 tonnes of grain.

The delivery is a result of th...