Russia
New initiative launched to redirect Gulf energy flows away from Strait toward Mediterranean
Syria envisioned as key cog in new energy distribution network.
Russian e-commerce major Wildberries eyes national logistics mega-project
Planned logistics platform is expected to function as a marketplace for freight customers.
RAGOZIN: Talk of a turning point in Ukraine is a dangerous gamble
Compromised politicians in Ukraine and Europe see the continuation of the war as a lifeline for their expiring careers.
LONG READ: The Post-Pax Americana Interregnum has already started
Empires tend to last about a hundred years, and true to form the Pax Americana has passed its peak. What follows is decades of instability and lower growth as the leading countries of the world vie to fill the void. The Interregnum has started.
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EU-regulated CI Ratings assigns BBB international rating to EDB with stable outlook
Highlights strong capital position, robust asset quality, comfortable liquidity profile and low refinancing risk.
Most Russians are not closely following the war in Ukraine - Levada
Two thirds of Russians are no longer paying close attention to the war in Ukraine, according to the latest survey from the independent Levada Center, up from a third in March.
Illicit gold networks fuelling conflict, organised crime across Africa and global south, GI-TOC warns
Illicit gold has become a critical source of financing for organised crime, armed groups and sanctioned regimes across Africa, a Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime report finds.
Putin makes a rare call for a rate cut
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare call for the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) to cut interest rates on June 11 for the first time since the Central Bank’s benchmark rate moved into double digits two years ago.
Where do deaths outnumber births? - OWID
For most of human history, more people were born each year than died. Populations grew very slowly for most of this history, then rapidly in recent centuries, as child mortality plummeted and people lived longer.
The demographic point of no return: the world is running out of mothers
China and the EU have crossed the threshold beyond which population decline is mathematically irreversible. Once the median age of women passes 40, a country no longer has enough potential mothers to keep the population stable.
European envoys seek Moscow talks after London summit demands on Ukraine
The ambassadors of France, Germany and the UK have requested a meeting with Russia’s foreign ministry following an E3 London summit at which the three European leaders issued a five-point list of demands to end the Ukraine war.
Russia plans a state-run VPN
Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has revealed plans to build a "state-run VPN," which is supposed to help the country's IT sector, cut off from foreign services and repositories.
Tanzania's stalled $1bn uranium project Mkuju River gains momentum after talks with Russian partners
Put on ice when uranium prices plummeted in 2011, the project is being developed by a subsidiary of Russia’s Uranium One Group.
Ukraine needs €197bn to rebuild. EU budgets for only €89bn
Who is going to pay for rebuilding Ukraine after the war is over? The cost of the rebuild is about €200bn but the EU has budgeted for €90bn. The private sector is supposed to come up with the rest, but the prospects of that happening are thin.
Serbia says will not hinder NIS sale as Gazprom-MOL talks progress
Serbia will not obstruct the planned sale of Russia’s majority stake in oil firm NIS, as negotiations between Gazprom and Hungary’s MOL enter a critical final phase under a US-imposed deadline.
KYIV BLOG: Ukraine peace deal goes back to square one at London summit
The E3 European leaders met in London over the weekend to thrash out a new formula to take to the Kremlin and end the war in Ukraine. Unfortunately, the document they produced takes us all the way back to the very beginning of the process.
Russian bond funds attract record inflows as investors bet on more interest rate cuts
Russian retail investors poured RUB138bn ($1.7bn) into mutual funds in May, with bond funds accounting for more than four-fifths of net inflows as punters expect more Central Bank of Russia (CBR) rate cuts boosting the demand for bonds.
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Saudi Arabia and Russia sign 13 agreements worth $1.28bn at St Petersburg forum
Saudi Arabia and Russia have signed 13 agreements worth SAR4.8bn ($1.28bn) in food security and agriculture at the St Petersburg forum, where the kingdom attended as guest of honour.
Where is Nabiullina?
Where is Central Bank of Russia (CBR) governor Elvia Nabiullina? The head of Russia’s central bank has not been seen in public for weeks.
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Colombia counts 173 dead and 670 missing in Russia-Ukraine war
Colombia has recorded 173 citizens dead and 670 missing in the Russia-Ukraine war, the most detailed official accounting yet of a conflict that has turned the South American country into one of the largest sources of foreign fighters.