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By Rhod Mackenzie

Over the past two years, the concept of the "Global Majority" has emerged as a prominent feature in Russian foreign policy discourse. The term is used to define the group of more than 100 countries that are not participating in the West’s economic sanctions against Russia. The mo...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Over the past two years, the concept of the "Global Majority" has emerged as a prominent feature in Russian foreign policy discourse. The term is used to define the group of more than 100 countries that are not participating in the West’s economic sanctions against Russia. The mo...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to Russia in five years highlighted two key areas of economic cooperation between the two countries. These are the oil trade and the construction of nuclear power plants and the supply of nuclear fuel. What can India expect from R...

The Russian authorities are considering a proposal to allow foreign banks who are not associated with unfriendly countries to open branches in Russia this year. The initiative is supported by all participants in the discussion, according to Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Alexei Guznov, who told...

Those who thought that idiots and clowns in Washington,Brussels and London had exhausted their creativity in coming up with what in there fertile imagination are w and damaging sanctions for Russiahave been mistaken.
Furthermore, if it is necessary to destroy an entire country to achieve this ne...

By Rhod Mackenzie

At the recent SCO summit in Astana, Iran again raised the topic about the creation of a single currency for the countries that are part of the BRICS. In addition, for several months now, at the instigation of the President of Brazil, the idea of creating a common BRICS currency...