Russia’s budget received 650 billion rubles in oil and gas revenues in May
MOSCOW (Realist English). May 2026 brought record oil and gas revenues to the Russian federal budget — around 650 billion...
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From Historical Plagiarism to an Alliance with Israel: Baku’s Anti-Iranian Strategy
BAKU (Realist English). For decades, Azerbaijani state historiography has pursued a systematic campaign to appropriate the ancient and medieval history...
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Xi Jinping Warns U.S. About the Threat of War Between Great Powers
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese President Xi Jinping raised the central question of the current U.S.-China rivalry during talks with U.S....
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Kevin Warsh confirmed as head of the US Federal Reserve
NEW YORK (Realist English). Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, will find himself in an "impossible"...
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Metropolitan Shio Moudjiri elected Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
TBILISI (Realist English). On 11 May, Georgia saw the succession of the head of its Orthodox Church for the first time...
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Baltic states prepare to spend $14 billion on weapons: Rheinmetall, Lockheed Martin and the “Baltic Drone Wall”
VILNIUS (Realist English). Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are preparing to spend approximately €12.2 billion ($14 billion) from the European Union's "Security...
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Metropolitan Shio Moudjiri elected Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
TBILISI (Realist English). On 11 May, Georgia saw the succession of the head of its Orthodox Church for the first time...
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