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Ruble strengthens 7% in April: $100 oil and budget rule change the course
MOSCOW (Realist English). Over the past month, the Russian ruble has shown one of its strongest gains in the last two...
Read moreRussia remained the leader in wheat exports but lost billions due to falling world prices and ruble strengthening: grain market review
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian grain exports finished 2025 in a paradoxical situation: a record harvest did not bring farmers the expected...
Read more155 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...
Read more‘The art of telling someone to go, but making them look forward to the trip’: Lavrov on diplomacy
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Public Television of Russia, published on 24 April, that Western...
Read moreSeven days of Russian diplomacy and economy: Russia manoeuvres between sanctions, the Middle East and reorientation to Asia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Over the past seven days, Russian diplomacy has remained highly dynamic: key areas included coordination with Iran, strengthening...
Read moreRussia restarts Druzhba pipeline: Hungary and Slovakia lift veto on European aid for Ukraine
MOSCOW (Realist English). On April 22, Russian oil began flowing again through the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline after several...
Read moreKremlin sceptical about progress of Islamabad talks, recalling ‘trap of false promises’
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian diplomacy in April 2026 has taken a consistent position on two key Middle Eastern crises — the...
Read more‘We have learned from the bitter experience of Minsk’: Lavrov on US-Iran talks and Western treachery
MOSCOW (Realist English). On April 21, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of...
Read moreRussian Foreign Minister proposes creating CSTO analytical centers association
MOSCOW (Realist English). On April 20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke at a meeting of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of...
Read moreKirill Dmitriev: Europe is ‘too blind’ to grasp the scale of the crisis, and ‘war instigators’ will throw a tantrum
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries,...
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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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