Russia

EU again attempts to sanction Russian nuclear fuel but Hungary joined by Slovakia to block them

By Rhod Mackenzie The European Union persists in attempting to introduce sanctions against Rosatom and the Russian supply of  nuclear fuel. They previously tried to implement  sanctions against them during the tenth package of sanctions, and now there is discussion concerning the 12th package. In light of this, who will benefit or who will suffer […]

NATO-Sponsored Global Poll Finds Chinese the Most Saying Their Government Had the Right Policy on Covid-19

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The NATO-sponsored 2023 “Alliance of Democracies” polls in 53 countries found that the country that in 2022 had the highest percentage marking “Disagree” with “their country has limited freedoms too much during COVID” was China. The country where the “Agree” percentage on that was the highest was India. The question […]

Reinforcing the imperium: Joseph Gerson on the US nuclear arsenal

Reinforcing the imperium: Joseph Gerson on the US nuclear arsenalby Ian SinclairMorning Star7 November 2023 In the first of two interviews on the topic, Ian Sinclair speaks to Joseph Gerson, President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, about his seminal 2007 book Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons […]

How Washington will save face over failure of Russian oil price limit ?

By Rhod Mackenzie For the past five months, Russian oil has been traded above the $60 price limit set by Western nations. This oil is transported by numerous parties including Greek shipping companies and tankers that have lacked Western registration and insurance. As a result, Russia’s monthly income has exceeded the amount of the previous […]

America and its allies are CLEARLY declining powers.

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Here are the statistics that document this truth from an economic standpont, and which document that already America is a smaller economic power than is China — and is becoming relatively smaller and smaller each year in relation to China: —— GDP PPP = Gross Domestic Product at Purchasing Power […]

What is the Reason behind the Increased Attention of the United States to Kazakhstan?

Recently, the White House has been intensifying its diplomatic work towards Kazakhstan, aimed at separating Astana from Moscow. Shortly after the C5+1 Summit in Washington, which was attended by the Presidents of the United States, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald […]

The U.S. Gov’t’s Top Priority: To Conquer Russia

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) It’s not only congressional Democrats who are obsessed to conquer Russia; it is also congressional Republicans who are — especially the ones who control in the congress. For example, on November 10th, the AP headlined “Mitch McConnell, standing apart in a changing GOP, digs in on his decades-long push against […]

US congress approved the transfer of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

By Rhod Mackenzie The Foreign Affairs committee of the US congress has backed the transfer of the Russian assets that are currently frozen abroad to the Ukraine, on the condition that “if necessary, the funds will be transferred to the US government.” However, this idea lacks support within the European Union – where the majority […]

Russia’s Finance Ministry says (again) that the digital ruble will replace cash

Riley Waggaman Alexei Moiseev, Russia’s deputy minister of finance, is the world’s most candid space lizard. When he announced in a September 2021 interview that “the digital ruble is a replacement for the cash ruble”, skeptics and haters spread hurtful rumors that Moiseev’s refreshing and award-winning honesty had been taken out of context. Here’s what Mr. Moiseev told …