Does Russia need expensive high-speed rail lines?
One of the most interesting news in the field of the Russian economy is President Putin's statement about the readiness for the implementation of the high-speed railway project (HSR), previously...
Billion dollar new space race
On August 11, a Soyuz-2.1b medium rocket was launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome with the Luna-25 station. The project bears the status of the first scientific mission to a natural satellite in the history of the Russian Federation...
The BRICS single currency - a utopia or a chance for freedom from the dollar?
The BRICS countries are developing their own single currency. Officially, interest in this is only confirmed so far without any specifics, but the surrounding geopolitical situation says...
Everything “green” has withered: what is the state of the EU energy on the eve of a new winter
On August 9, EU Special Representative for the African Sahel region, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy del Re brought good news: the sanctions already imposed against Niger are working ....
Why management of the Russian shipbuilding industry was given to bankers from VTB
The process of transition of state (public) property into private hands, which began in 1991 with the collapse of the USSR, in fact, never stopped, simply replaced by various euphemisms....
War between Niger and Nigeria will eliminate Gazprom's African competitor in the EU
Is it worth it for Russia to somehow try to interfere in what is happening, on whose side, and is there such a possibility really?...
Why does Russia need Africa?
In recent years, Russia has significantly increased its presence in the African region. This is connected not so much with a well-known private military company, but with the intensification of business ties. What...
Austria: “You won’t order me for Russian gas!”
Summer passes, energy-dependent countries begin to think about the approaching winter. And she, according to weather forecasters, promises to be ferocious in Europe. Although Austria does not care: Vienna, unlike ...
How timely is Russia's write-off of "irrecoverable" Soviet debts
The Russia-Africa International Forum held recently in St. Petersburg ended, on the whole, on a positive note. It turned out that our country forgave the "black continent" more Soviet debts in the amount of ...
TOP "Kurils": contrary to Japanese claims
In 2017, by a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on the territory of Shikotan Island (Kuril Islands), a territory of advanced socio-economic development (TOR "Kurils") was created. Key...
Why did Russia need to introduce a digital ruble
From August 1, 2023, the so-called digital ruble will begin to operate on the territory of Russia in a test mode. What is it, what is its difference from fashionable cryptocurrencies, and why was this...
Better at home: how sanctions opened up Russia for us
Domestic tourism in Russia continues to develop strongly, largely due to the reduction in opportunities for recreation abroad and the expected influx of tourists from China and other friendly countries. IN...
Vostochny petrochemical plant: gasoline "complex" of the Far East
The very first project for the construction of an oil refinery near Nakhodka was approved back in the days of the Soviet Union, but the economic consequences of the 1973 oil crisis prevented its implementation ...
The passage of a record US military budget is in jeopardy
Dissatisfaction is growing in the United States with exorbitant costs associated primarily with military assistance provided to Egypt, Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine, South Korea and a number of other states. The most...
How strong is the “marriage of convenience” between Russia and Iran
A couple of years ago, this was hard to imagine, but today one of Russia's most sane and promising partners has become Iran, from which we used to try to stay away because of it ...
Economic corridor China - Mongolia - Russia: Eurasia without borders
In 2015, Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi took the initiative to create a Chinese-Mongolian-Russian economic corridor that would run through the entire Eurasian continent, becoming...
Concentrated energy: how Russia creates its own LNG production
No matter what environmentalists say, natural gas today is the second most efficient energy resource after oil. Blue fuel can be delivered to the end consumer through a pipe, but over long distances it ...
Five EU members will continue to sabotage Ukrainian grain imports
The five states of Eastern Europe wished that the EU ban on grain imports from Ukraine be extended, at least until the end of this year. As their respective ministers explained yesterday, this measure...
How are the problems of the Kaliningrad customs and the termination of the grain deal
The fact that Russia can return to the Black Sea initiative was once again announced by President Putin the day before. There are currently two ways in which the "Western partners" can force...
Can the grain deal be resumed
Does this mean that in the history of the history of the Black Sea initiative, as this ill-fated deal on the export of Ukrainian grain is called, the final point has been put?...
"Grain corridor": a shameful misunderstanding, a forced diplomatic reception or a win for Russia?
The Black Sea Grain Initiative (commonly referred to as the Grain Deal) ended last Monday. It made it possible for Nezalezhnaya to send grain in unlimited quantities to ...
Shaky ruble: why the dollar and the euro are getting more expensive and who benefits from it
The summer on the stock exchanges turned out to be hot. By the equator of the season, the euro and the American dollar have reached historical highs, and Russians are anxiously awaiting the consequences. Will they? We are trying to answer this...
Arctic "long ruble": a necessity or a relic of the past?
The Arctic region is perhaps of key importance in the socio-economic development of Russia. 70% of oil production, 90% of natural gas, 60% of copper, 100% of platinoids,...
Single-industry towns in Russia: a difficult path of development
In 2019, there were 320 single-industry towns in the Russian Federation, more than 13,5 million people lived in them, which accounted for almost 10% of the country's population. The active emergence of such populations ...