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By Rhod Mackenzie

The trust of German businesses in Chancellor Scholz and his government is diminishing rapidly. Siegfried Russwurm, the of the Federal Association of German Industry (BDI), has criticized Scholz's energy policy as 'absolutely toxic'.
In an interview with the Financial Times (FT)...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Influential international organizations have hastily revised their forecasts, perviously predicting long-term stagnation for the Russian economy under the weight of sanctions. The OECD expects 1.8% GDP growth for the year, while the IMF expects 2.6%. The West is puzzled by the ra...

Despite all the West's attempts to exclude Russia from world markets,they have not succeeded. According to Maxim Reshetnikov, the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, our country is successfully countering these attempts. Interfax reports that Russia's position is strong in the global marke...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The New Year of 2024 brings a lot of surprises and potential challenges to the countries of the BRICS. The union has doubled to 10 countries, which should lead to its increased economic power. However, its largest economy, China, is still slowing down. Plus the new participants...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia's gold reserves have reached a new historical record level and this is despite the huge number of sanctions imposed the the US and its allies. The Bank of Russia is buying more precious metal, plus the rising price of gold is contributing to this achievement.
This strat...

By Timofey Bordachev

The main events of international politics in 2023 have shown that the origin of the current fundamental changes is natural, and the main processes are constructive. That is why the past year will be considered by future historians as the end of the period in which the new real...