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Sanctions
France has frozen €1.2 billion of Russian assets
PARIS (Realist English). The total amount of Russian-related assets frozen in connection with the anti-Russian sanctions imposed in France tentatively...
Russia’s economy is doing much better than expected: JPMorgan
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Russian economy's downturn this year will be much milder than originally expected, with gross domestic product...
German exports to Russia rose, despite sanctions
BERLIN (Realist English). Despite Western sanctions and a mass exit of companies from Russia, by the end of May, export...
US has imposed ban on import of Russian gold
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The US Treasury Department has imposed an embargo on gold imports from Russia, as well as new...
More than 15 thousand millionaires may leave Russia in 2022
LONDON (Realist English). This year, more than 15 thousand millionaires may leave Russia due to the special operation in the...
Canadian company Kinross Gold has sold gold mining assets in Russia
TORONTO (Realist English). Canadian gold mining company Kinross Gold Corporation has announced the sale of 100% of its Russian assets...
How sanctions have affected the Russian economy
MOSCOW (Realist English). On June 2, under the influence of reports about the EU oil embargo against Russia, the ruble...
Saudi Arabia and the UAE might compensate for the drop in oil production in Russia
VIENNA (Realist English). OPEC+ is working to compensate for the drop in oil production in Russia, which has fallen by...
How gold from Russia gets in Switzerland bypassing sanctions
BERN (Realist English). Switzerland recorded an abnormal increase in the volume of gold imports from the United Arab Emirates and...
India resumes Iranian oil imports and prepares convoy through Hormuz
NEW DELHI (Realist English). India is preparing to send its own tankers through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time...
“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....
NATO Anchors at Hormuz? IRGC Warns of Retaliation
TEHRAN (Realist English). On May 20, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued an uncompromising statement: if the United States undertakes...
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...
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