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Grainless Russia: pulling out of the Black Sea Grain Deal to underline Putin’s decline
The Black Sea Grain Deal, signed on July 22, 2022, aimed to unblock Ukrainian ports for grain and agricultural product exports and, in turn,...
Russian Military Instructors Fighting Terrorism and Ensuring Security Across Africa
On the eve of the second Russia-Africa summit scheduled for July 27–28 in St. Petersburg, President Vladimir Putin explained in article published on his...
Russian Defence Minister in North Korea
The Russian military delegation headed by the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu has arrived in the...
Western business in Russia: you can’t leave, you can’t stay
After the Kremlin seized the enterprises of French Danone and Danish Carlsberg, foreign companies that want to leave Russia may find it difficult to...
WSJ: Russia notched a victory over Western oil sanctions
Russia notched a victory in the fight for influence over global oil markets in recent days when the price of the country’s most coveted...
Putin’s Strategic Miscalculations
In the days leading up to his ill-advised "Special Military Operation" in Ukraine, Putin appears to have failed to assess the response of its...
What message did Vladimir Putin send to African countries?
On the eve of the Russia-Africa summit scheduled for July 27–28 in St. Petersburg, an article by Russian President Vladimir Putin entitled “Russia and...
On Russia-Africa Matters and the Emerging Multipolar World
In the last decades, great power rivalries and competition have characterised contemporary Africa, popularly termed as the new scramble for Africa. Within the context...
All the BRICS+ amities
The upcoming BRICS summit in South Africa is set to reveal the criteria as well as possibly the composition of the next wave of...
BRICS waiting for the expansion of its ranks – 22 nations apply for membership
Twenty two nations have formally applied to become members of the BRICS economic bloc, a South African diplomat said.
An equal number have also informally...