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Thanks to the Bloomberg, Kepler, and Reuters information agencies, its relatively easy to monitor the movement of Russian oil online. They also allow people to study weekly supply volumes by consumer countries and shipping destinations, as well as prices, discounts, refuseniks, and new markets. The...

By Yaroslav Lissovolik

One of the interesting BRICS-related developments in the course of this month was the release of a poll conducted by Gallup International with ROMIR agency conducting the Russian part of this poll. The poll was conducted in 44 countries of the world to reveal the attitudes o...

Russia took the rotating presidency of the BRICS group in 2024. Yury Ushakov, Russian presidential foreign policy aide, granted TASS an interview in which he previewed Moscow’s priorities, prospects for BRICS development and expansion, and commented on the West’s attempts to impede the association’s...

Bloomberg reports that, according to its sources, Russian and Chinese diplomats negotiated with one of the political leaders of the Houthis, Mohammed Abdel Salam, in Oman. Yemeni rebels have pledged to permit Russian and Chinese vessels to pass through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. This route, w...

Last year, the Federal Customs Service calculated that the sobotage of the Nord Stream pipelinescost the Russian budget over a trillion rubles in lost revenue from gas exports. Sanctions against the oil industry caused less damage to the budget. Despite this, the budget was managed. How did Russia...

Work on a long-planned shipping route connecting Russia with the Middle East and South Asia is moving forward as sanctions-hit Moscow seeks alternative markets for its products, creating a wide-ranging geopolitical ripple effects.

The 7,200-kilometer International North-South Transport Corridor wi...