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Russia is building up economic ties with non-Western countries

9:47 24.08.2022

Russia is building up economic ties with non-Western countries

Russia continues to build up cooperation with Asian countries, turning its back on Europe, the United States and other unfriendly states that have piled their sanctions on Moscow. But the world is huge, and it consists not only of the countries of the West hostile to Russia.“China boosts spending on …

China and Russia are aiming for cooperation in preventing the “NATOisation” of the East Asian security environment

11:32 23.08.2022

China and Russia are aiming for cooperation in preventing the “NATOisation” of the East Asian security environment

The close bilateral relationship between China and Russia is one of the most important features of the evolution of international relations in the early 21st century. At the same time, the changing international order has also created new areas for Sino-Russian cooperation,writes Xu Bo, prominent author, doctor of Political Science, …

British shame – Queen grandmother’s house for sale!

11:32 23.08.2022

British shame – Queen grandmother’s house for sale!

Former Victorian vicarage (photo) where the Queen's grandmother Cecilia Bowes-Lyon was born in 1862 hits the market for £950,000, regretfullyinforms “Daily Mail”.It is in the village of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, bordering the Duke of Bedford's Woburn Abbey estate.The house has been updated since the Countess' time there, although it has kept …

Orbán: “Ukraine war will end Western superiority”

11:31 23.08.2022

Orbán: “Ukraine war will end Western superiority”

According to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the EU will be weaker after the Ukraine war than before, while other countries and regions will benefit. It is easily possible that this war will demonstratively put an end to Western superiority, said the Hungarian head of government in an interview for …

Reuters: “Action wanes at U.N. to isolate Russia almost six months into Ukraine war”

12:56 22.08.2022

Reuters: “Action wanes at U.N. to isolate Russia almost six months into Ukraine war”

The crowd of ambassadors in the Russia's United Nations mission illustrated the difficulties facing Western diplomats in trying to sustain international resolve to isolate Russia diplomatically after an initial flurry of U.N. denunciations for attacking Ukraine,Reuters admits with embarrassmentfrom Geneva.On a June night under the chandeliers of Russia's United Nations …

Europe-Ukraine: When marketing is more important than politics

12:25 22.08.2022

Europe-Ukraine: When marketing is more important than politics

For many years, our politics was full of marketers and painfully lacking in statesmen. We're seeing statesmanship now, but marketing is sorely lacking, writes English “The Spectator” in an article "Is the West’s Ukraine response about to fracture?”American and European leaders have so far stood firmly behind Ukraine. Public opinion, …

It's high time for a change. Washington has only itself to blame for growing de-dollarization trend

11:25 21.08.2022

It's high time for a change. Washington has only itself to blame for growing de-dollarization trend

Moscow is determined to launch a counter-offensive against Western sanctions and the dollar-centric global financial system,writes Chineese “Global Times”, analyzing the financial struggle between Moscow and the West..After the breakout of the Russia-Ukraine conflict early this year, US-led Western governments imposed a raft of sweeping financial sanctions on Moscow including …

Expert: “West bears shared responsibility for creating some of the conditions for war in Ukraine”

11:15 20.08.2022

Expert: “West bears shared responsibility for creating some of the conditions for war in Ukraine”

The West needs to look at itself in the mirror and see it also helped create conditions for war to break out in Ukraine,says Marlene Laruelle, the director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University.Laruelle, a highly respected Russia scholar and author of several …

Ali Akbar Velayati: “The reason for Iran’s interest in cooperating with China and Russia”

10:59 19.08.2022

Ali Akbar Velayati: “The reason for Iran’s interest in cooperating with China and Russia”

In an interviewAli Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on international affairs, described Iran, Russia, and China as three major independent powers in Asia that stand against the United States and the West. These are some key issues he commented on …

Wall Street banks go over the sanctions. Money doesn't smell!

12:20 18.08.2022

Wall Street banks go over the sanctions. Money doesn't smell!

Yes! Money doesn't smell – the 10-year Russian government bond is trading at 39 cents on the euro, up from the lows of 16 cents at the end of June, when banks had stepped back from trading. And JPMorgan, BofA are among banks moving back into Russian Bond Trading. Banks …

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