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By Rhod Mackenzie

 Russian oil exports have returned to a level of dynamic growth because of not despite the actions of the EU . Thus, deliveries from the Black Seaport of Novorossiysk have almost doubled in the first half of July. 
The jump in shipments was slightly offset by a slight decrease i...

By Rhod Mackenzie
According to the World Bank's latest rankings, the Russian Federation holds fourth position among the world's largest economies in terms of purchasing power parity. It should be noted that only China, the United States, and India are ahead. Japan and Germany are not performing as...

By Rhod Mackenzie

In another of his moments of bombast Donald Trump has threatened to punish buyers of Russian energy resources with 100% trade tariffs if the situation in Ukraine is not resolved to his liking and satisfaction within the next 50 days. The first countries likely to be hit are China...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Brazil was the last of the BRICS founding member countries to full embrace  trading using  national currencies. Overall, these  payments already account for around 90 per cent of transactions within the international association. So what is mainly bought with one's own cuurencies...

By Rhod Mackenzie
It has become obvious that the special forces of a certain Western government are active in the sabotage of merchant vessels that transport goods such as oil and chemicals to and from Russia.
Ovr the past year there has been a series of mysterious incidents involving merchant shi...

By Rhod Mackenzie
For a long time,certainly since the Second World War the West once accustomed to dictating the rules, is now frantically clinging to the remnants of its former power by its fingernails. However, the era of its dominance is quickly not slowly slipping away. The multipolar world is...