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Moscow’s Institute for African Studies Marks its 60th Year
The Institute for African Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences was
founded 60 years ago, precisely in 1959. Since then it has undergone various
changes...
Free Trade Zones with the EAEU
The EAEU–Singapore Free Trade Agreement was signed at
the EAEU summit in Yerevan on October 1, 2019. The document constituted the
first step towards the creation...
Trump’s unilateralism hurting global economy
Since 2017, when Donald Trump took office in the White House, the global
economy has gone through a whirlwind of deteriorating events. The situation has
become...
Is a New Economic Crisis Coming?
As a country that has experienced a number of harsh economic shocks
throughout its history, Russia constantly lives in anticipation of a new
crisis. Recently, however,...
Russia –Africa Economic Forum: The Renewed Commitment on Russia-Africa Relations
The inaugural Russia-Africa
Summit which was hosted in the black sea city of Sochi just ended a summit
which was full of huge deals and commitments...
A Much Prettier Prom Queen: Putin Outwits Trump in the Middle East. Again
By now,
most people around the world have roundly criticized or collectively shaken
their heads at President Trump and his sudden decision in early October to
remove...
Russia’s return to Africa: A blessing for China or not?
Authors: Yang Yi-zhong and Paul Wang (Wang Li)
On
October 23-24, beautiful Sochi, a summer resort in Russia, hosted the inaugural
Russia-Africa summit with more than...
Russia’s Ambitious Plan for Africa
Russia and
African states have traditionally enjoyed friendly, time-tested relations, and
a significant role was in the liberation of the continent, supporting the
struggle of its peoples...
South Caucasus in Flux and Russia’s Increased Influence in the Region
As the US and EU experience
major internal problems and China, Russia, Turkey and Iran become more
cooperative on crucial Eurasian affairs, geopolitical reshuffle would result...
The Sochi Summit and the Pride of Africa
After nearly three decades of extremely low
political, economic and cultural engagement, Russia is indeed returning to
Africa. For obvious reasons, Russia's relations with Africa turned...