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By Rhod Mackenzie

The the only unifying factor in the European Union today is the complete absence of any shared vision for the future. In the USA you have MAGA, in Russia import substitution self suffciency, China has One Road One Belt  , India the 21st Century Moderisation plan and virtually all...

By Rhod Mackenzie

There are strange times taking place in Russia within the currency market and the commodities market with the oil price and the Russian ruble. As we know the oil price around the world is fixed in dollars and the strength or the weakness of the ruble over the last few years has...

By Rhod Mackenzie

In 2014 in response to the first sanctions imposed on Russia by the US,G&7 and the EU which were imosed after the reuninfication of Crimea with the Motherland the Russian Central Bank started to reduce dramatically their holding of US treasury bills and instead invest their reser...

In the ongoing and escalating trade war between the US and China it seems that China has dealt a serious blow to Boeing, which is already losing its market share of the global avaition market to Europe's Airbus. Beijing has refused to accept delivery of Boeing planes.The future losses of Boeing ar...

When the US led G7 plus the EU imposed the so called 'shock and awe' sanctions on Russia,it turned to its fellow members of BRICS for its trade,this helped it successfully navigate the storm and overcome the majority of the barriers to trade.When it was cut off from the SWIFT system it and the other...

It would appear that is not only Donald Trump that seems to have a problem with NATO, its European members and their attitude to Russia
Currently The Finnish authorities are providing an astonishing example of political gymnastics . Just a few days ago they were calling on the West to practically f...