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Russia-linked stablecoin A7A5 moves $9.3bn as shadow crypto system emerges from Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK / MOSCOW / LONDON (Realist English). A new cryptocurrency token designed to bypass Western sanctions on Russia has quietly...
Read moreRussia’s Prime Minister discusses transport strategy with head of Federal Road Agency
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met with the head of the Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor) Roman Novikov...
Read morePutin meets Iranian foreign minister Araghchi in Moscow amid regional escalation
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a high-level meeting on Monday with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at...
Read more“The old rules are over”: Putin calls for end to Western dominance in global economy
SAINT PETERSBURG (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin used the plenary session of the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum...
Read morePutin and Xi condemn Israeli actions, reaffirm partnership in Middle East call
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephone call on Wednesday, focusing primarily...
Read morePutin rejects Iran’s capitulation, proposes compromise solution to end hostilities
SAINT PETERSBURG (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin ruled out the possibility of an Iranian capitulation and called for a...
Read morePutin signals openness to talks with Zelensky, says peace must be based on “legitimate authority”
SAINT PETERSBURG (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is ready to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but...
Read moreRussia accuses Western states of interference as Duma tightens foreign agent law
MOSCOW (Realist English). A new report released on June 18 by Russia’s Center for the Protection of Sovereignty accuses Western...
Read morePutin and Trump discuss Israeli strikes on Iran and future of nuclear talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a 50-minute phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, focusing...
Read moreRussia condemns Israeli strikes on Iran at UN Security Council, warns of regional war and nuclear risks
NEW YORK (Realist English). Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, issued a strong condemnation of Israel’s recent...
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US aircraft losses mount as Iran claims downing of F-15E
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. forces are searching for a missing crew member after an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet went...
Iran says it can sustain Hormuz disruption for years amid standoff with US
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran could maintain the current disruption in the Strait of Hormuz for years, a senior Iranian security...
Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi, appoints Todd Blanche as interim chief
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump has dismissed Attorney General Pam Bondi and appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche...
Trump frames Iran war as support for regional partners
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States entered the war with Iran primarily to support its...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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