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By Paul Goncharoff

With all the geopolitical and economic upheavals happening on what seems an accelerated daily basis, often important details get lost in the urgency of other events. Over the past weeks we have seen BRICS steadily growing, and just the Belt & Road forum has shown clear, goal dri...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The United States has acknowledged its reliance on Russian nuclear fuel, and is devising strategies to address it.  However, even they are still struggling to eliminate their use of Russian nuclear fuel.
What caused the downfall of the US nuclear industry, and what part did Russ...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Washington's sanctions on Arctic LNG 2 will have an impact on business in Japan. Therefore, Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, stated that Tokyo will complete a comprehensive evaluation and plan a response to avoid jeopardising the country's sta...

By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia will maintain a voluntary reduction in the supply of oil and petroleum products to global markets by 300 thousand barrels per day until the year-end. Alexander Novak, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, informed reporters on November 5th.

"A market analysis will be conduct...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Trade turnover between Russia and China in January-October increased by 27.7% year-on-year to reach $196.48 billion. The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (PRC) reported this on November 7.

As per published data, exports from China to Russia gr...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian Ministry of Economic Development has reported that the countries's GDP in September surpassed last year's monthly level by 5.2%. Furthermore, it increased by 1% compared to the September of 2021 before the SMO. The ministry's estimates show that GDP increased by 2.8%...