The Red Line of the Ruble
A thousand days of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine are behind us. Putin’s army is stuck in the Donbas, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fields. The rebel offensive in Syria […]
It is increasingly difficult for Russian companies to make payments with China: transactions worth tens of billions are in limbo
Some Russian companies have faced increasing delays and rising costs for payments with trading partners in China. Transactions worth tens of billions of yuan remain in limbo. Reuters writes about […]
Pilots of the Russian airline “Pobeda” complain en masse about strict fuel economy
Pilots of the Russian airline “Pobeda” are complaining en masse about strict fuel economy by the company’s management to the detriment of flight safety. According to pilots, planes are refuelled […]
The Russian economy is experiencing a consumption boom. Will this be for long?
What is happening If at the beginning of 2022 economic experts looked two years into the future, they would be confused. Despite the unprecedented sanctions, the Russian economy did not […]
New difficulties in trade between China and Russia
Small regional Chinese banks, through which Russian businesses began to conduct their settlements in May due to US sanctions, stopped accepting payments from the Russian Federation in July, Izvestia writes, […]
Chinese banks fled the Moscow Stock Exchange after American sanctions
Major players in the Chinese yuan exchange trading – Chinese banks that continue to work with Russia – are leaving the Moscow Exchange, which has come under US sanctions. The […]
Denmark is considering restricting the passage of old tankers carrying Russian oil through the Baltic Sea
Denmark is considering the possibility of restricting the passage of old tankers with Russian oil through the Baltic Sea, according to the message of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of […]
Yuriy Syrotyuk: Ruble – “200”
Everything is a ruble. The USA included the “Moscow Stock Exchange”, the National Clearing Center and the National Settlement Depository on the sanctions list. After falling under the sanctions, since […]
Yakutia: oil, gold, mammoths and 100 degrees between summer and winter
Recently, there have been several high-profile incidents in the Republic of Sakha, for this quiet and remote region of Russia. The oil spill, hidden by the authorities, the bridge’s fall, […]
Japan imposed sanctions against Russia for purchasing weapons from North Korea
The Japanese government has decided to introduce sanctions against nine organizations based in Russia and a citizen of the Russian Federation, as well as two Cypriot firms through which Moscow […]
Sanctions against Russian tankers have proven to be effective: almost all are now idle
Since October 2023, 40 tankers transporting Russian oil have been added to the US sanctions list. They are part of the fleet of the Russian state company Sovkomflot and Hennesea […]
Secret Addresses. Names. Passwords
A group of researchers from the “Centre for Global Civic and Political Strategies” together with the “Civil Society Coalition” “Dongelek Ustel” (Nurul Rahimbekov (USA), Chemen Ore (Turkmenistan), Serik Medetbekov (Germany) […]