The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated that the BRICS is a more welcoming and member-oriented group than the European Union, commenting on the possibility that Serbia could seek to join the BRICS bloc. His comments came after Belgrade said that instead of EU membership, it would explore the option of joining BRICS, which is […]
The Russian Ministry of Finance has introduced significant changes to the market exit conditions of Russian based assets owned by individuals or entities from so-called “unfriendly” states or companies controlled by them. These are as follows: The above requirements are applicable both to new petitions for obtaining the permission of Government Commission for Control over
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Kudzai Dominic Chiwenga, an associate professor at the University of Zimbabwe, has spoken about currency strategies and compared the World Banks ‘International Monetary Fund’ (IMF) with the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB). The NDB, he has said, provides more flexible and supportive terms than the IMF. Chiwenga, who is also the Chairman of the Zimbabwe-Russia
On October 8, the heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), currently chaired by Russia, met in Moscow . The leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are taking part in it. There is a Free Trade Agreement between CIS member countries, but the CIS FTA differs from the
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Or: Is This Article Russian Propaganda or an Intellectual Debate? You Decide. The extraordinary lengths to which Europe has gone to support Ukraine – and in turn, seek to turn public support for the countries leadership and therefore pursue a highly aggressive anti-Russian stance are unprecedented over the past century. Never to such an extent
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The Russian President Vladimir Putin has been speaking at the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow, and stated as part of his speech that the BRICS member nations are jointly developing a payment and settlement framework to be used for trading within the group. Putin stressed that supplies of Russian oil and gas to ‘friendly’
The out-going US President, Joe Biden, gave a speech to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday (September 24) in which he stated that “The good news is Putin’s war has failed at his core aim” and then went on to list achievements, mainly as regards the expansion of NATO and the fact that Ukraine remains a
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In signs that more wealth and capital is moving away from Europe to Asia as a result of Western sanctions, Soven 1 Holding Limited, an investor from the UAE, has signed an agreement to purchase the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International’s 87.74% stake in the Belarus-based subsidiary Priorbank, and its subsidiaries. Raiffeisen’s core business has been
Russia is increasing the volume of payments in its national currency, with the Ruble’s share in its export trade with Europe rising to a historical high of 67% of the total, according to the Russian Central Bank. This indicates that the global structure of renumerations is changing against the backdrop of Western financial sanctions, and
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Russia’s financial authorities are moving towards the use of crypto-currency for international trade, with a focus group established to pilot and test international trade settlements using digital currencies. The group reportedly consists of members of the Russian Chamber of Commerce, and the Association of Electronics Developers and Manufacturers, as well as several lenders. The selected
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