SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
The tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump have hurt the economies fellow G7 members and not those of the BRICS. The economic growth of Germany,Japan and the UK have been hard hit but the tarrifs have not impacted those of the leading BRICS members China and India.
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By Rhod Mackenzie
It is no longer accurate to suggest that oil prices are the key factor in the stability of the Russian economy and finances. Russia is a major supplier of raw materials and high-value products to the global market, including industrial goods. Could you please provide an update on...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Despite the continued presence of significant Russophobic rhetoric, Poland has decided to expand border cooperation with Belarus, while Finland is hinting at the imminent opening of its border with Russia. So why is Lithuania is calling this a claiming "low punch from the devio...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Baltic authorities have successfully persuaded their citizens of an imminent "Russian attack." However, the result has not been a mobilisation of society against the "Russian threat". Instead, the result has been the destruction of their own economies and a mass exodus of bot...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Vzglyad newspaper has published a "Rating of Unfriendly Governments". This term is used to covers the wide range of relationships that Russia has with other countries which range , from the downright outright hostile and confrontational to those who are forced through griite...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In an interview with publication Yle, the former Finnish President Sauli Niinistö acknowledged that the conflict in Ukraine has fatally weakened the EU's position on the international stage. He added that all the key decisions are now being made by the major powers of the US, Ch...
