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Russia reports narrowing budget deficit despite falling oil revenues
Russia’s Ministry of Finance has reported a significant year-on-year reduction in the federal budget deficit for the first quarter of...
Results of Mishustin’s visit to China: the struggle for world leadership takes on more concrete features
BEIJING (English Realist). The visit of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to China has ended. This is one of the...
Alexander Khodakovsky named the reasons for the failures of the offensive operations of the Russian Armed Forces outside urban conditions
DONETSK (Realist English). The armed conflict on the territory of the former Ukraine was defined by Alexander Khodakovsky, Deputy head...
How has the Russian elite changed during the year of the SMO
MOSCOW (Realist English). In the year of the special operation, the Russian elites has become much more homogeneous ideologically, because...
Russia needs not an ideology, but a clear concept of the image of the future
MOSCOW (Realist English). The problem is that no one in high offices has any idea about the image of the...
With massive air strikes, the Kremlin intends to force Kiev to postpone the counteroffensive — CNN
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia is spending more ammunition than usual trying to confuse the Kiev regime's air defenses, a U.S....
The EU refuses to include in the new package of sanctions a ban on the import of the pipeline gas from the Russian Federation
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union is unlikely to add a ban on the import of pipeline gas from Russia...
Bastrykin talks about nationalization, and the Ministry of Finance proposes privatization
ST. PETERSBURG (Realist English). Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin spoke at the session "Criminal Responsibility of...
Who and why is slowing down the adoption of the law on digital rubles?
MOSCOW (Realist English). The financial authorities of Russia have been shelving this issue since 2019. All this time, the populist...
Trump unveils new 10% global tariff after Supreme Court curbs emergency powers
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump said he would immediately impose a new 10% global tariff and pursue alternative...
Shoigu warns Armenia against replacing Russian railway operator
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu warned that Armenia’s reported plans to replace Russia in managing the...
White House urges Iran to strike deal as Trump again signals possible military action
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The White House on Wednesday warned that Iran would be “wise” to reach an agreement with the...
U.S. envoy cites “substantial progress” after first day of Ukraine talks in Geneva
GENEVA (Realist English). U.S. President’s special envoy Stephen Witkoff said there had been “substantial progress” in efforts to reach a...
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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