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Russia reaffirmed alliance with Iran, Araghchi accused US of derailing talks: outcomes of St. Petersburg meeting
ST. PETERSBURG (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in St. Petersburg on 27 April with Iranian Foreign Minister...
Kremlin 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...
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...
Construction of Rasht–Astara railway in northern Iran to begin in early 2026
TEHRAN (Realist English). Construction of the Rasht–Astara railway line — a critical segment of the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC)...
Iran receives Russian MiG-29 jets as part of sweeping air force modernization
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran has taken delivery of Russian MiG-29 fighter jets in what officials describe as the first step...
Putin 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...
Moscow and Tehran have agreed on the transit of goods through Iranian territory
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia and Iran have agreed on the transit of 12 million tons of railway cargo per year...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
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...
Is Iran’s survival not a victory? Tehran under US and Israeli pressure
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
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...
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