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Russia and China are strengthening their partnership. During a meeting in Beijing,the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed joint efforts to counter Western sanctions and the creation of alternative international institutions in the fields of economics...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia's main trading partners no longer include any Western countries. Germany, which had a trade turnover of $12 billion, is no longer in the top 5. Instead, China, India, and Turkey have become the leaders. RIA Novosti's analysis of data from national statistical services show...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Rusian president Vladimir Putin has slapped Great Britian with a very larg wet fish! Since 1956 an agreement has been in place between Great Britian and what was then Soviet Union that allowed British fishermen to catch fish in their territorial waters in the Berents Sea whic...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Kazakhstan has started purchasing electricity from the Russian Federation at a higher price due to new trade regulations between the two countries. The average delivery cost in the second half of 2023 increased by almost a third, exceeding 5 rubles per kWh. Analysts predict that...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The transportation of containers from China to the EU via rail, which passes through Russian territory which was disrupted due to the hostilities in Ukraine, is now being restored. In the first quarter, the amount transported grew by 44% to 90 thousand TEU, which is almost the sa...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The leadership of the European Union recognised that sanctions alone would not cause the collapse of Russia's economy. However, they hoped that the sanctions would weaken Russia's military potential.

The EU diplomacy head, Josep Borrell, stated on April 4th, 'From the very begi...