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October 5, 2024

Russia – Afghanistan 2024 Bilateral Trade: Update

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov and the acting Afghan Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi have discussed trade and financial settlement processes in Russia-Afghani trade as well as plans to intensify trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, including in the energy sector, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. Lavrov and Muttaqi met on the […]

October 4, 2024

Russia Proposes “BRICS Starlink” To Friendly Countries

Russia has stated that countries that maintain friendly relations with Moscow are interested in using Russia’s low-orbit satellite constellation to have Internet access as an alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink network, according to Russia’s Digital Development Minister, Maksut Shadayev. Russia’s OJSC Bureau 1440 is currently building a low-orbit satellite constellation, involving 292 spacecraft to provide […]

October 3, 2024

Europe’s Supply Chain Crisis Deepens As Russia & Asia Steam Ahead

It’s interesting – even laughable – to note how the Western media describe problems in the West as ‘Global’ issues, whereas in fact they are often referring to matters related solely to the United States and Europe. It begs the question of how realistic their knowledge of how the global trade and geopolitical system now […]

October 2, 2024

Uzbekistan To Join Eurasian Development Bank In Boost To EAEU

Uzbekistan is completing the procedure to join the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov said at a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Yerevan. The EDB is an international development bank with charter capital of US$7 billion. Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan are the bank’s shareholders. Uzbekistan’s decision to participate […]

October 2, 2024

Russia, China Discuss Mineral Drilling Project In Antarctica

It doesn’t get much further into the Global South than Antarctica, and Russia and China are in talks over joint drilling of the Gamburtsev Mountain Range in the middle of the continent, the Russian Federal Agency for Mineral Resources (Rosnedra) has stated. Last month, the Chinese cities of Beijing and Changchun hosted international conferences on […]

October 1, 2024

BRICS May Admit More Countries As Members: The Candidate Nations 

The Belarusian Foreign Minister, Maksim Ryzhenkov has said that the BRICS group could add at least ten new members at the forthcoming annual meeting later this month.   Belarus is hoping to be among them, while Ryzhenkov stated that “The first wave of enlargement, as we all expect – those who have submitted such applications […]

October 1, 2024

Russia – Iran Bilateral 2024 Relations: Update 

Russia’s Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref in Tehran on September 30 (Monday), with the discussions coming as fears grow of a Middle-East war.  However, the talks, at least officially, focused on bilateral cooperation between the two nations, the expansion and diversification of trade, as […]

October 1, 2024

Russia – Uzbekistan 2024 Bilateral Relations: Update 

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been in New York attending the annual UN General Assembly. During the UN events, several other bilateral meetings were held as numerous countries wish to discuss current affairs with Moscow. Lavrov subsequently met with Bakhtiyor Saidov, the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan. The ministers discussed current issues on the agenda […]

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