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The war of chip makers  just took a new turn . Last week, China announced the creation of photolithographic machines capable of producing chips using a very level high technological process — above 8 nm. This is a leap of over a decade and a half of progress in these technologies.So why is  this so...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to postpone its scheduled consultations with Russia in Moscow . This is obviously a consequence of the sustained pressure to impose further useless  sanctions on it  and the anti-Russian rhetoric that is prevalent in a number of IMF member countries...

Gazprom has taken first place in the list of Russia's most unprofitable companies in the year of 2023. For 35 years, the company, which was a symbol of the money that Russia earned from its gas and only ever generated only profits for the state which is its majority shareholder.
However, this trend...

Today I want to talk about energy and the need for the BRICS to have a coordinated energy strategy given that a number of them are major producers and other members are large consumers.  
It seems that the Russians also seem to think that a common energy strategy is a good idea.

The Russian Minis...

Its now become pretty obvious to anybody who pays attention to what is going on in the World that the US despite the rhetoric of its politicians has now lost its role as the Global Hegemon as around the globe countries large and small ignore is directives,commands and appeals.

It is becoming inc...

Now lets be honest there is a lot of talk in the World about so called 'Freedom and Democracy and how the West is the most ardent exponent of it. However if you actually look at Europe from the European Union to its component countries you will certainly find that their so called democracy is comple...