Central Bank lowers rate to 14.5%, Zyuganov calls it a ‘cemetery economy’: review of Russia’s internal politics for the week
MOSCOW (Realist English). The period from 22 to 28 April was one of the most intense in Russia's domestic politics since...
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The enemy is already in the capital: Pashinyan welcomes Azerbaijani delegation to Yerevan as Baku prepares new aggression
YEREVAN (Realist English). On 29 April, an Azerbaijani delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister of the regime Shahin Mustafayev arrived in...
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King Charles III addresses U.S. Congress: praise for NATO, ‘checks and balances’ and silence on Epstein
WASHINGTON (Realist English). On 28 April, King Charles III of the United Kingdom addressed a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress...
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Oil blockade strangles Iran: production falls to 3 million barrels per day, gas sector cracking at the seams
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran's oil and gas industries, the backbone of its economy, are under unprecedented pressure from the US naval...
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Demographic explosion of Islam in Africa: 760 million Muslims and doubling by 2050
CAIRO (Realist English). The African continent is one of the centres of Islam. Nearly one third of all Muslims in the...
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NATO selects Swedish-Canadian AWACS aircraft instead of US Boeing
VIENNA (Realist English). NATO's Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has selected Sweden's Saab and Canada's Bombardier to replace the alliance's ageing...
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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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