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The Financial Times has reported that Russia has started supplying oil directly to North Korea in defiance of UN sanctions, further cementing ties between the two countries and dealing a new blow to international efforts to contain Pyongyang. At least five North Korean large oil tankers have travelled this month to collect oil products from […]
On March 18, 2014, the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol became part of Russia. The Russian newspaper Kommersant has published data on how Crimea has changed since it returned to Russia. GDP Growth From 2014 to 2022, the GDP of Crimea increased 3.5 times — from ₽189.4 billion to ₽655.9 billion (US$9.32 […]
The new spring 2024 schedule for Russian airlines flight schedules includes the opening of new foreign destinations and the resumption of previously existing, but mothballed routes. Details are as follows: Russia-China Yakutia Airlines are to begin operating direct regular flights on the Yekaterinburg-Beijing route from April 4, with departures three times a week on Mondays, […]
An Atlantic Council study published on Thursday showed that 134 countries, or 98% of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), are currently exploring the launch of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). This number has surged from just 35 since May 2020. The development is significant as it seems to predict an almost universal move […]
The Russian economy is in the investment phase of growth, with investment activity at a record level and imports of investment goods are growing, according to Central Bank of Russia (CBR) Governor Elvira Nabiullina. She made the comments following a meeting of the regulator’s board, at which it held the key interest rate at 16%. […]
The influential World Geostrategic Insights (WGI) forum has provided an interview with US-Russia expert Paul Goncharoff concerning Russia taking the Chairmanship for the BRICS group for 2024. The WGI also namechecked our own new Russia’s Pivot To Asia guide, which contains extensive chapters and details of the prospects for BRICS 2024. It can be downloaded […]
Russian energy giant Gazprom has begun work aimed at linking the country’s gas pipelines into a nationwide gas transportation system, the company has announced on its official Telegram channel. According to the announcement, the company launched construction of the 800km Belogorsk-Khabarovsk section of a new pipeline in Russia’s Far East, which will eventually connect the […]
With the European Union fully suspending the visa-facilitation agreement between the European Union and Russia as part of sanctions in 2022, and European airlines no longer providing direct flights, alternative destinations for Russian nationals replacing European destinations are now in vogue. That trend can be seen in the tourist traffic from Russia to Egypt, which […]
Our Look Back At Some Of The Weeks Most Bizarre Russo Political Moments Democracy Rules, OK! With the Russian elections over, the London-based real estate agency, in the (democratic) United Kingdom have fired a Russian employee for voting. The London real estate brokerage Egre announced her sacking after complaints from a Ukrainian activist, who […]
Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear powered icebreaker manufacturer, sees a need for 160 high-ice-class vessels to operate on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) by 2030 to export products from Arctic projects, according to a presentation by Vyacheslav Ruksha, Deputy General Director of Rosatom and Director of the NSR Directorate. Russia is the only country with a fleet […]
The Yemen-based Houthi militants have told Russia and China that their ships can sail freely through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without fear of being attacked. An understanding was reached during talks in Oman involving Russian and Chinese diplomats and senior Houthi political figures. The Houthi rebels have carried out dozens of drone […]
Moscow has increased exports of petroleum products to African countries in recent years, despite Western sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. He made the statement in an interview for a documentary project on oil that was published on the Foreign Ministry’s website on March 21. He said that “We have doubled the export […]
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