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April 3, 2024

Russia Expects Manufacturing Growth At 5% During 2024

Denis Manturov, the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry expects manufacturing output could grow at least 5% if current trends persist in 2024, he said to the State Duma on Wednesday (April 3). “Everything will depend on many factors, including monetary policy, but given the results we see in the first two months, I think that […]

April 3, 2024

Embellishment: The Art Of Spotting Media Disinformation Tactics

The rise of AI in media usage and amongst the tactics and mechanisms used to constantly paint a specific persuasive – often political or opinionated message to the mass population is the use of lexicological embellishment. For this, we should be grateful to the journalistic guidelines espoused by the great Ernest Hemingway, who cautioned against […]

April 2, 2024

Russia’s Foreign Debt Decreased Again In 2023

Russia’s foreign debt, already amongst the lowest of developed nations, is continuing to be reduced as a matter of  government policy. Its entities have been steadily reducing the amount of money they owe to foreign lenders, according to the latest official data. The Russian regulator and central bank, the Bank of Russia announced that national […]

April 2, 2024

Serbia Considers Joining BRICS

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said he may attend the 2024 BRICS summit planned to be held in Kazan in October. As chair of BRICS for 2024, Russia is hosting the group’s annual summit, with the event comprising over 200 political, economic, and public forums. The exact dates of the summit have yet to be […]

April 1, 2024

Russia’s Pivot To Asia Interviewed By World Geostrategic Insights

Russia’s Pivot To Asia has been asked for comments by World Geostrategic Insights for what it terms “Russia’s shift to the global south.” In four detailed and highly complex questions – we provide the answers about issues concerning Russia’s identity, the prospects for a “Greater Eurasia”, Russia’s relationship with China, and the impact of sanctions […]

March 31, 2024

Northern Sea Route To See Record Shipping Volumes During 2024

Russia’s Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation expects record volumes of traffic along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) during 2024, CEO Alexei Likhachev said during last weeks ‘Developing the Northern Sea Route: Results for 2023’, and ‘Plans up to 2035’ meetings. Likhachev also said that the volume of transportation currently significantly exceeds the figures for the […]

March 31, 2024

Greater Tumen Initiative Plans Regional Eco-Tourism Development

The four countries participating in the Greater Tumen Initiative have agreed to come up with a joint collection of promising eco-tourism routes, and there are plans to issue it in 2024, the press service for the Russian Economic Development Ministry has said. Nikita Kondratyev, director of the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, […]

March 30, 2024

Corporate Exits From Russia Have Cost Western Investors US$107 Billion

Western companies that have left the Russian market have suffered billions in write-downs and lost revenue, Reuters reported on Thursday, (March 28) citing calculations based on company filings and statements. The US and its allies have placed unprecedented sanctions on Russia over the past two years in retaliation for Moscow’s military operation against Ukraine. The […]

March 29, 2024

Russia Climbs To Seventh Place In Global Billionaire Rankings

The Chinese Hurun Research Institute has released its latest Global Rich List rating, with a surprise result in that India’s Mumbai has surpassed the Chinese capital Beijing in terms of the number of billionaires living there. Mumbai is now in third place in the world rankings after New York and London. In Russia, according to […]

March 29, 2024

FRIDAY BIZARRE

Our Look Back At Some Of The Weeks Most Bizarre Russo Political Moments The Pope On The Myrotvorets Hit List Pope Francis came in for a lot of criticism recently after he called for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia and that Kiev shouldn’t be afraid to compromise. That led to furious denouncements from Kiev as […]

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