Russia

Putin's visit to China achieved more than just headlines

By Rhod Mackenzie The Russian President made a two-day visit to China, participating in the third international forum “One Belt, One Road” and engaging in bilateral negotiations with foreign leaders. During his opening speech, Vladimir Putin stressed the significance of the One Belt, One Road initiative, describing it as a “global, future-oriented” plan aimed at […]

EU uses Bulgaria to pressure Hungary and Serbia over Russian gas supplies

By Rhod Mackenzie A major political row over gas has erupted between Serbia, Hungary and Bulgaria after Sofia imposed an extra duty on the transit of Russian gas . This move caused outrage in Budapest and Belgrade, who have vowed to respond in kind. The Bulgarian media believe that the levy will disproportionately impact Serbia, […]

The Israel-Hamas War is ALREADY Pushing the Great Reset Agenda

Kit Knightly A few days ago we published an article discussing how the Great Reset agenda is still moving forward behind the scenes, while the headlines are full of Israel-Palestine. But it’s also true that, in its thirteen days of existence, the war itself has already pushed that agenda forward as well. Censorship Normalising the …

US’s Russian oil price ceiling failed so it continues to double down

By Rhod Mackenzie The implementation of a price ceiling on Russian oil has been seriously unsuccessful, a fact that has already been acknowledged in Europe.  Nevertheless, Washington still refuses to accept this outcome and now, nearly a year later, has levied sanctions on two shipping companies. Additionally, they have declared their intention to ensure adherence […]

Global shortage of natural gas in the future as lack of investment will hit production going forward

By Rhod Mackenzie The International Gas Union (IGU), the trade association representing the global gas industry, cautions about the possibility of diminishing gas supplies in upcoming decades without further investment. The repercussions of such a drop in supply are clear, particularly the price shocks that have affected the planet and particularly Europe for the past […]

Russia’s non-resource exports soar thanks to sanctions

By Rhod Mackenzie Russia will receive nearly one trillion rubles more ( $10.5 billion) in 2023 from the increase of non-resource and non-energy exports. The impressive 85% surge is proving to be a strong financial boost for the country. What products fall under this export classification, what are the reasons behind other countries purchasing more […]

Moscow and Beijing have taken down their last trade barriers

By Rhod Mackenzie During the third international forum “One Belt – One Road” held in Beijing, bilateral discussions were held between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. The leaders deliberated on the remarkable upswing in trade between their respective countries. Notably, they disclosed several significant infrastructure projects. What other topics were raised during the tête-à-tête between […]

More peace talks needed to alleviate Israel-Palestine conflict

By:Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator   On October 7, Hamas, the group that controls Gaza, launched a rare surprise attack on Israel that led to massive retaliatory airstrikes on Gaza and other punitive measures, including power outages.  Huge casualties and humanitarian disaster This new round of Hamas-Israeli conflict has pushed the Palestinian death toll […]

America’s Dominance Has Ended. ChinUssia’s Is Starting.

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) America and Israel are now trapped by the absolutely crucial backing of the Gazans by Israel’s two top bordering nations of Jordan and Egypt. In order to understand how this happened and how decisive it is: The plan by Israel and America to conquer the residents in the open-air prison […]