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It appears that there is a major breach in the Wall of Russaphobia and Anti Russian sentiment in Germany
A candidate for the post of the German Chancellor Alice Weidel has made a promise to restart the Nord Stream gas pipelines. However, there are serious doubts among analysts as to whether the pol...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The transit of Kazakh oil through Russian territory to Germany has been extended. The most significant agreement for Berlin remained unresolved for an extended period due to concerns in Poland regarding the transfer of payment for gas volume measurement to Moscow. The issue has b...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The German chancellor Olaf Scholz's trip to China ended with a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The key topics of the negotiations were the conflict in Ukraine and economic cooperation.
The meeting between Olaf Scholz and Xi Jinping focused on resolving the conflict in...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in China for a three-day visit. However, upon his arrival, he was not greeted by an official representative of the Foreign Ministry or someone of equal rank, but rather by a third-rate official. This is a clear violation of diplomatic...

Despite the generally positive results of the authoritative Ifo economic and financial survey, Germany's GDP is likely to fall this quarter, predicts London's Sunday Telegraph. This means that Germany will be in a technical recession. More worryingly, the outlook for Europe's first economy looks ver...

Last year, the Federal Customs Service calculated that the sobotage of the Nord Stream pipelinescost the Russian budget over a trillion rubles in lost revenue from gas exports. Sanctions against the oil industry caused less damage to the budget. Despite this, the budget was managed. How did Russia...