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The Golden Constellation of Victory: How Dozens of Armenian Heroes Changed the Course of the Great Patriotic War
YEREVAN (Realist English). The title of Hero of the Soviet Union — the highest distinction of the USSR — was awarded...
Read moreGlobal coal prices jump by $17
LONDON (Realist English). While the world watches missile strikes in the Strait of Hormuz and record oil prices, a fire is...
Read more“Aren’t you ashamed?”: Ruben Vardanyan publicly flogs traitor Pashinyan from Baku prison
YEREVAN (Realist English). While the traitor of the Armenian people, Nikol Pashinyan, was playing the role of a "peacemaker" and receiving...
Read moreStalemate in the Strait of Hormuz: neither peace nor victory – how the US and Iran got stuck in a zero-sum game
DUBAI (Realist English). Diplomatic efforts between the United States and Iran appear to have reached a deadlock, despite optimistic rhetoric...
Read moreUS and Iran exchange strikes, Hezbollah mobilises
DUBAI (Realist English). While diplomats tried to salvage a fragile ceasefire, fresh explosions rocked the Strait of Hormuz and southern Lebanon. ...
Read moreOil hurricane lifts ruble: dollar falls to 75, Urals jumps to $116
MOSCOW (Realist English). April became the most triumphant month for the ruble in the last three years. Against the backdrop of...
Read moreBrent hovers near $102 as US‑Iran talks become main oil price trigger
NEW YORK (Realist English). On May 7, 2026, the global oil market remained highly volatile. Prices moved lower amid reports...
Read moreCatholicism is losing adherents worldwide while Protestantism grows in Latin America – Pew study
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Christianity as a whole is losing adherents due to religious switching (changing one's faith in adulthood compared to...
Read moreArmenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
Read moreEthnocide of Avars in Azerbaijan: Baku erases the Avar trace from history and maps
BAKU (Realist English). Beneath the veneer of showcase human‑rights conferences and glowing reports from Western funds, Azerbaijan is implementing a systemic,...
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“Restrictions Alone Are Not Enough — Children Need to Be Engaged”: Paata Amonashvili on Meaningful Alternatives to Gadgets
TBILISI (Realist English). Restrictions alone are not enough to overcome children’s dependence on gadgets — children must be offered meaningful...
US and Iran fail to reach Hormuz deal as Trump threatens new strikes
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States and Iran remain far from reaching an agreement to end the war and reopen...
Israel prepares for new war with Iran – from bombing to commando landings
TEL AVIV (Realist English). With US‑Iran talks deadlocked, the Israeli leadership has stepped up preparations for a resumption of full‑scale hostilities....
Raúl Castro remains Cuba’s “shadow king”
HAVANA (Realist English). From the very moment in April 2021 when legendary General Raúl Castro, brother of the great Fidel, handed...
Replacing Baathists with Islamists: why Kurds and other minorities in Syria have not seen equality
HASAKAH (Realist English). The overthrow of Bashar al‑Assad and the rise to power in Damascus of radical Islamist groups has not...
Russia seeks its place in China’s new transport corridor
MOSCOW (Realist English). Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to Beijing, experts are increasingly discussing the hidden contradictions...
From Hormuz to Solar Panels: How Iran Accelerated the Global Shift to Renewables
WASHINGTON (Realist English). An analytical article by Benjamin Bradlow, professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton University, published in...
China No Longer Seeks U.S. Approval
BEIJING (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China on May 14–15 passed with surprising calm and almost none...
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