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G20 summit eased international tensions – Alexander Pankin

12:37 05.07.2019 Inna Yanikeeva

G20 summit eased international tensions – Alexander Pankin

The Russian Foreign Ministry had been neither overoptimistic nor skeptical about the outcome of the G20 summit, preferring instead to take a realistic view of the high-profile event. The G20 format allows the participating nations to fine-tune their national interests, because non-participation in it renders them irrelevant to existing trends. …

IPCC Report: Utilising ignorance as an excuse

12:12 04.07.2019 Anis Bajrektarević

IPCC Report: Utilising ignorance as an excuse

The major new report from the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released in Korea on October 8 (2018), is nearly 800 pages long and includes more than 6,000 scientific references. However, it can be summarized in just few sentences with absolutely horrific implications:The average global temperature is …

Malaysia – Tomorrowland of Yesterday

12:08 04.07.2019 Murray Hunter

Malaysia – Tomorrowland of Yesterday

Love him or hate him, Mahathir Mohamed during his first stint as prime minister was able to instill a great sense of national pride and unity.Mahathir went on a massive infrastructure drive. Most Malaysians were proud of the Penang Bridge that finally linked the island with the mainland. The North-South …

Why does Ukraine fret so much about Russia’s return to PACE?

9:52 03.07.2019 Denis Baturin

Why does Ukraine fret so much about Russia’s return to PACE?

Ukrainian politicians and experts blame PACE’s decision to restore the Russian delegation's voting rights on President Volodymyr Zelensky and his administration, and also on the leadership of the Council of Europe for allegedly wanting to ensure the resumption of Russia’s annual contribution of 30 million euros to the Council’s budget. …

Crimea Friends Club opens in Argentina

11:01 02.07.2019 Yuri Nemtsev

Crimea Friends Club opens in Argentina

This year marks five years since the Crimea Peninsula became part of the Russian Federation. A variety of events in honor of this historic event have been held throughout the globe. The Russian-speaking community in Argentina has organized a flash mob dedicated to Crimea’s reunification with Russia, despite certain political …

Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Fi: Over-Financialization and De-industrialisation

12:01 01.07.2019 Michael Lim Mah Hui , Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Fi: Over-Financialization and De-industrialisation

Do(mestic) Re(sponsibilities) Mi(ssed) Fa(tally) over Fi(nacialisation) which by its unchecked vertical expansion has taken its tolls: massive pauperisations of the de-industrialised and de-populated areas.Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Michael Lim Mah HuiOver recent decades, the scope, size, concentration, power and even the purpose and role of finance have changed so significantly that …

Macedonia and Albania not allowed even in EU "waiting room"

11:23 28.06.2019 Dmitry Babich

Macedonia and Albania not allowed even in EU "waiting room"

The recent decision by an EU summit to postpone until October the solution on welcoming in Albania and Northern Macedonia as new members marks yet another setback for the European Union, which testifies to lack of unity among its members. Both Albania and Northern Macedonia have done all they could …

China-North Korea summit and the situation on the Korean Peninsula

14:49 27.06.2019 Vladimir Petrovsky

China-North Korea summit and the situation on the Korean Peninsula

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day state visit to North Korea, which came against the backcloth of renewed correspondence between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attracted a great deal of attention as it was the first time in 14 years that China’s top official had arrived …

Pressure on the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro

10:49 26.06.2019 Slavisha Batko Milacic

Pressure on the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro

The Montenegrin Government adopted a draft law on May 16 that included a register of all religious objects, for which they claim that they were formerly owned by the independent kingdom of Montenegro before it become part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918. The new law …

The State Hermitage hosts first-ever Max Ernst’s solo show in Russia

11:53 25.06.2019 Elena Rubinova

The State Hermitage hosts first-ever Max Ernst’s solo show in Russia

“Max Ernst. Paris Years” at the New HermitageThe spectacular first-ever solo show of Max Ernst's paintings in Russia opened in the Twelve-Column Hall of the New Hermitage and will be running throughout the summer granting visitors the opportunity to admire works of Ernst from his so called “first French period”. …

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