Ruble strengthens 7% in April: $100 oil and budget rule change the course
MOSCOW (Realist English). Over the past month, the Russian ruble has shown one of its strongest gains in the last two...
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Azerbaijan and Israel: anti-Iran alliance amid record oil supplies
BAKU (Realist English). By late April 2026, relations between Azerbaijan and Israel, long-standing allies in energy and the military-industrial complex, have...
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Eizenkot called Bennett and Lapid his allies, but cast doubt on their bloc’s ability to attract right-wing voters
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, said at an event in Herzliya on 26 April that...
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Leading central banks pause rate hikes amid Middle East turmoil
FRANKFURT (Realist English). The world’s leading central banks are widely expected to refrain from raising interest rates this week, as US...
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China remains leader of sympathies in Africa, Russia in third place — Afrobarometer survey
CASABLANCA (Realist English). China maintains its dominant position in the struggle for influence in Africa, significantly outperforming the United States and...
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Who leads in soldiers, budget and weapons: global ranking 2026
MOSCOW (Realist English). Global military spending is set to exceed $2.6 trillion by the end of 2026, an increase of 8.1%...
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155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
‘Behind dry laws are living people and destinies’: Lawyer Narek Petrosyan on replacing justice with convenience
MOSCOW (Realist English). Narek Petrosyan is a criminal defense lawyer who made himself. He overcame many obstacles on his path to the...
«The Kurdish card is a weapon of major powers»: Yaşar Yakış on why Turkey missed its chance to solve the Kurdish issue
ANKARA (Realist English). Yaşar Yakış — a Turkish diplomat and statesman who served as Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs, ambassador to Saudi...
Dmitry Novikov on his path to politics, the intelligentsia, the left movement, and why US aggression against Iran is a threat to Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Dmitry Novikov, Deputy Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma...
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A century of violence from the Jeddah massacre to the killings in Kobani: how Turkey exterminated Arabs
ISTANBUL (Realist English). The long and bloody history of the Turkish state's relations with the Arab population — both Muslim and...
US-Iran talks collapse, Netanyahu orders strikes on Hezbollah
TEHRAN (Realist English). The outgoing week saw the complete breakdown of US-Iranian peace talks mediated by Pakistan, alongside a parallel escalation...
3.6 million Christians were killed in Ottoman Turkey: marking the anniversary of an unrecognised genocide
YEREVAN / ATHENS (Realist English). On April 24, 2026, the Armenian people, the worldwide diaspora and many other nations commemorated the...
Venezuela after Maduro: oil instead of democracy?
CARACAS (Realist English). When U.S. forces swooped into Caracas in January 2026 and seized President Nicolás Maduro, many Venezuelans inside and outside...
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