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By Rhod Mackenzie
The supranational financial institutions have issued a cautionary note to Western governments regarding the effects of the confiscation of Russian assets. In April, the President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, made a similar statement. Lagarde advised that the c...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization continues to expand. This time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Mongolia could also join the association. Moscow has a wealth of experience in relations with this country, and the prospects for trilateral cooperation with Chi...
Russia's GDP in the 1st quarter of 2024 increased by 5.4% compared to the 1st quarter of 2023. This preliminary assessment was published by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).
Rosstat's data coincided with the estimate of the Ministry of Economic Development (also 5.4%), exceeded the e...
Russia as country is known as a generous soul. It is a mother to good people and a mother-in-law to bad people.
At the National ,the Russians have long had a practice of welcoming anyone who wants to come open a business, work hard , create jobs and pay taxes. During the 1990's and early 2000's alm...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In quarterly terms, the GDP index has been growing consistently since mid-2022; in the first quarter of 2024, growth accelerated to 5.4% in annual terms (through January-March 2023) from 4.9% in the previous quarter, the VEB.RF Institute reported. In March, GDP increased by 0.4%...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has made his first state visit to China since taking office, underlining the particularly friendly relations that have developed between the two countries over the past six months. Incidentally, Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first visi...
