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Amid a sea of worrying forecasts for the country over the course of the year, the NATO-affiliated Atlantic Council ended December by warning that “Russia is in retreat as the Soviet collapse continues.” In a lengthy essay on challenges at home and abroad, it delved in depth into what it termed a “disastrous” period …

With former Vice President Joe Biden now having been confirmed as the winner of the 2020 election, many are wondering what comes next. Not much is likely to happen for probably the next four years in terms of major legislation. But there are some changes that could happen, especially in …

Every two years, since 1998, conservation group WWF has produced a Living Planet Report, an assessment of the state of the world’s wildlife. This year’s report has just been published and it has prompted the usual scary headlines, leaving many readers with the impression that animal life on planet Earth …

International law is largely a reflection of power. Great powers accept international law that limits their foreign policy flexibility if they get reciprocity and predictability in return. In an international system with several great powers balancing each other, international law will lean towards sovereignty and peace by constraints on the …

GDP of EU countries in the second quarter of 2020, collapsed at the first evaluation, a record of 14.4% yoy, which after a decline in the preceding quarter means economic recession. These are data from Eurostat. Compared to January-March this year, the EU economy declined in the reporting period by …

GDP of EU countries in the second quarter of 2020, collapsed at the first evaluation, a record of 14.4% yoy, which after a decline in the preceding quarter means economic recession. These are data from Eurostat. Compared to January-March this year, the EU economy declined in the reporting period by …

In Russia, the monetary base in narrow definition has decreased from 19 to 26 June 2020 by 28.7 billion rubles to 12 trillion 752,9 billion rubles, follows from materials of Bank of Russia. Recall that a week earlier, the monetary base grew by 61.2 per billion roubles, before — 161,6 …

Sales of new passenger cars and LCVs (light commercial vehicles) in Russia in may 2020 declined by 51.8% compared with the figure for the same period last year and amounted to 63 033 units, said the Association of European businesses (AEB). In January – may, sales fell by 25.7% yoy …

Recently the leaders of major refineries in China announced the reduction of oil consumption. According to forecasts of Chinese experts, in the near future reduction can be 25% or 3.2 million barrels. Western media reported about the fall in oil prices. The risk of the coronavirus to the global economy …

Without any large-scale wars and radical reforms of the country’s population is declining rapidly “dashing nineties”. Federal state statistics service released long-awaited data on the movement of the population of Russia for last year. As has been predicted by “Rosbalt”, in 2019, the natural decline in the country exceeded 300 …