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Translated and subtitled by Scott Humor   Time, Forward! Is the project of journalist Evgeni Super Russia has started building an alternative Internet, not on paper, but in reality. Why

One of them was a distinctly renewed interest in doing business inside the country, and another was the realization to what extent perceptions have been tainted by media and political rhetoric directed against any real or imagined nastiness attributed to Russia these days.

Russia has stopped “inching towards de-dollarization” as I wrote about on July 3rd, and has now energetically walked out of the list of largest holders of US government bonds, hence this update. For the two months ending in May 2018, Moscow has offloaded more than $80 billion in US Government debt obligations.

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President Putin of Russia met on Friday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who confirmed to Putin the line up of Russia’s new government.
Russia’s new government – most ministers keep their jobs
Here is the Kremlin’s account of their discussion, which provides a full list of the ministers.

by Scott Humor On Monday April 16, a well-oiled machine of anti-Russian sanctions experienced a major hiccup. This day the US Treasury promised to announce new sanctions against Russia’s companies

Counter-sanctions imposed on food imports and an unprecedented raft of subsidies have made many areas of farming more profitable in Russia [Xinhua]
Consumer demand has driven economic growth in Russia, the Central Bank said on Friday, adding that GDP growth in the first six months should reach between 1.0 and 1.5 per cent.
This is slightly lower than an earlier forecast.
It also cited “further recovery of production activity” and near-record low inflationary expectations.

“Mock on; thou hast a place of refuge; I am alone, an exile soon to be.” —Euripides, “Medea”
The 29 November Russo-British Business Forum (RBBF), held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, hallmarked continued efforts to mend Anglo-Russian business ties.

Originally appeared at RussiaFeed.com
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Net capital outflow from Russia in January-July 2017 rose 1.5 times to $13.1 billion compared to $8.8 billion in the same period last year, the Bank of Russia said Wednesday.

by Scott Humor Made In Russia SITREP IV What does Russia produce? 3 What does Russia produce? 1 What does Russia produce? 2    Time – Forward! #253  Russian transcript

News that the Republicans and the Democrats in the House of Representatives have agreed on a new sanctions package against Russia will be deeply unwelcome news, and not just or even primarily in Moscow.