CPRF vs. United Russia: ideology vs. administrative resources four months before the vote
MOSCOW (Realist English). Just over four months remain until the unified voting day when Russians will elect the State Duma of...
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Caucasian Albania is not Azerbaijan: the historical state of the Lezgins and Baku’s falsifications
MAKHACHKALA (Realist English). Caucasian Albania is one of the enigmatic and ancient states whose history is now the subject of fierce...
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US destroys six Iranian boats, Tehran attacks UAE – ceasefire frays at the seams
DUBAI (Realist English). The ceasefire between the US and Iran, concluded in mid-April, has been on the verge of total collapse...
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Arab Banks Report Record Quarterly Profits
DUBAI (Realist English). The banking sector of the Gulf countries closed the first quarter of 2026 at record levels, despite...
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70% of Europeans perceive Russia as a threat, but a split is growing in Southern and Eastern Europe
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Four years after the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine, Europe remains deeply divided in its...
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IDF strikes Hezbollah, prepares for new phase of war in Gaza and attacks Iranian ships in the Caspian Sea
TEL AVIV (Realist English). On May 5, 2026, the 942nd day of the war Israel is waging against terrorist organisations in...
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Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
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...
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UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
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