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Kirill 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,...
European real wages still lag pre-pandemic levels
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Real wages across much of Europe have yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels, as the inflation surge...
EU prepares for prolonged disruption in global energy markets
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union has urged member states to reduce energy consumption and prepare contingency measures as supply...
EU-Australia pact targets tariffs, secures raw materials access
BRUSSELS (Realist English). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday signed a...
EU proposes sweeping 20th sanctions package targeting Russia’s energy and finance sectors
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Commission has unveiled a proposed 20th package of sanctions against Russia, aiming to intensify pressure...
Divisions in European Parliament stall progress on digital euro
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union’s plan to introduce a digital form of cash cannot move forward unless the European...
OECD chief urges EU to heed Draghi as tariffs test Europe’s economic model
DUBAI (Realist English). European leaders should “listen very carefully” to the recommendations of former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi...
India and EU seal ‘landmark’ free trade agreement amid global trade tensions
NEW DELHI (Realist English). India and the European Union have concluded what officials described as a “landmark” free trade agreement,...
Russia remains EU’s fourth-largest gas supplier despite diversification push
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Russia remained the European Union’s fourth-largest supplier of natural gas in 2025, exporting almost 38bn cubic metres...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 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...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
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