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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...

By Alex Kupriyanov

Before the launch of the SMO, at Russian-Indian expert meetings, someone used to liken bilateral relations to a three-legged stool: two of the three legs - political, economic and cultural - were firmly in place, but the structure could only be stable if a third leg was eventual...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Throughout 2023, the West has been debating the possibility of abandoning liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia. The United States aims to 'strangle' the Arctic LNG 2 plant, a key Russian LNG project. However, Europe ultimately recognized the impossibility of the abandoning of...