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By Rhod Mackenzie
The last twelve months will be remembered for Russia's impressive diplomatic victories in Africa. Moscow has achieved significant success in its military, energy, and economic cooperation with African countries, while simultaneously reducing France's influence on its former colon...
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
Although the world leaders attending the G20 summit hold contrasting positions regarding the Ukrainian conflict, they paid rapt attention to the speech delivered by Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was contained statement was released on November 24 by Kremlin's official sp...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Assessments of the current relationship status between Russia and Kazakhstan vary widely, ranging from constructive restraint to irritation with each other's actions. President Putin's official visit to Astana on November 9th did not provide the answers to the numerous issues on...
By Rhod Mackenzie
If Argentina severs ties with Brazil and China, as proclaimed by the ultra-libertarian Javier Milei, who was elected as the country's president last Sunday, this would amount to the gravest error in Argentine diplomatic history.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry's official spokespers...
