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Russia’s Foreign Policy for the Week: Coordination with Turkey and China, Readiness for Dialogue on Ukraine, and Response to NATO
MOSCOW (Realist English). During the week of April 13–20, 2026, Russian diplomacy held a series of key meetings, outlining its positions...
Read moreRussia earns $760 million per day from oil: Urals jumps to $106
MOSCOW (Realist English). Over the past seven days (April 12–19, 2026), Russian oil and gas revenues have shown sharp growth, driven...
Read moreRussia marks first Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide of Soviet People: Lavrov calls for protecting historical truth
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivered a video address on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims...
Read moreAtomic Renaissance: Rosatom’s order book reaches $206 billion
MOSCOW (IA Realist). After decades of stagnation, global nuclear energy is entering a phase of sustained growth. According to the International...
Read moreLavrov reported to Putin at Security Council: trade turnover with Central Asia approaches $50 billion
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference on...
Read more60 million viewers and no bots: Dmitry Novikov on how the CPRF is restructuring its agitation
MOSCOW (Realist English). Deputy Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Dmitry...
Read moreRussian Foreign Ministry demands Mexico return abducted Russian girl: ambassador summoned to the carpet
MOSCOW (Realist English). On April 16, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Ambassador of Mexico to Moscow, Eduardo Villegas Mejías. He...
Read moreFerrous metallurgy loses 10% of production, pipes — 28%, while Rusal invests in “green” aluminum — Realist review
MOSCOW (Realist English). At the end of the first quarter of 2026, Russian ferrous metallurgy showed the deepest production decline in...
Read moreCompensations Did Not Stop the Slander Against Russia: How Azerbaijan Profited from the Embraer 190 Tragedy
MOSCOW / BAKU (Realist English). The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Russia and so-called Azerbaijan signed a joint statement on April...
Read moreZyuganov in the State Duma: Capitalism Has Reached a Dead End, Trump Has Gone Berserk, and the Space Program Is Only 20% Complete
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) Gennady Zyuganov delivered a...
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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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