Russia's Pivot to Asia

Russian Foreign Minister Attends ASEAN Ministerial Meetings 

BRICS, Eurasian Economic Union, Trade

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Laos from July 25-27, where he will take part in meetings of top diplomats of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and hold a number of bilateral meetings. The meetings in the Laotian capital of Vientiane will be held at the foreign ministerial level in three formats:

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Russia To Permit Foreign Bank Branches & Cryptocurrency Settlements

Economy, Finance, Trade

Changes in Russia’s policy towards allowing Foreign banks to operate in the county are in the pipeline, as growing problems with cross-border payments have forced the government and the Central Bank to agree to open branches of foreign banks in Russia. These have been strictly prohibited in recent decades. Additionally, Russian officials are ready to

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De-Dollarizing Via mBridge – How Close Are We?

BRICS, Economy, Finance, Trade

In a world where de-dollarization has become the byword for independent sovereignty, there has been a lot of talk about BRICS currency, cross-border settlements in national currencies, and much speculative guesstimating. However, what is the root program that has been developed to enable cross-border settlements to handle transactions in different sovereign national Central Bank Digital

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Russia – Libya Bilateral 2024 Relations: Update

Africa, Energy, Trade

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Taher al-Baour, the Acting Foreign Minister of Libya, in New York on the sidelines of the UN Security Council’s open debate on multilateral cooperation on July 16. During the discussion on the developing situation in Libya, Lavrov underscored Moscow’s  unchanging intent to keep on supporting sustainable stabilisation of

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Russia – Algeria Bilateral Trade Doubles

Africa, BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

A Russian State Duma delegation led by its Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has arrived in Algeria for a working visit, with Volodin having negotiations with Algerian National Assembly President Ibrahim Boughali. Algeria has recently expressed interest in joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as well as the BRICS group. Algeria is the world’s fifth largest gas, and

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Burning Down The House: How European Politicians Have Collapsed The European Economy

Economy, Finance, Trade

One of the difficulties when reporting statistics concerning Russia or the European Union in these chaotic times is the ultra-partisan nature of contemporary thought. Anything pro-Russian or Western-negative is automatically regarded as suspect and not to be trusted. Such items are also avoided as subjects for discussion in Western media. Hiding the truth has always

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More Countries Want To Join The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation As Full Members

BRICS, Economy, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Several countries want to upgrade their relations with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the group’s Secretary-General Zhang Ming has stated. The SCO is a multifunctional trade, security and geopolitical alliance formed in 2001 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, primarily to deal with the repercussions of the United States and NATO invasion of

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