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Russian companies should reclaim their position on the domestic market and expand beyond it, President Vladimir Putin has told a televised meeting with industry leaders of the Business Russia organization. According to the head of state, focusing solely on the local market would only lead to self-isolation and loss of …

The Bank of Russia announced on Thursday it plans to have a digital ruble ready by next year and capable of making international payments. It also aims to expand the number of countries that accept Russian Mir banking cards. “The digital ruble is among the priority projects,” central bank governor …

A system allowing direct rupee-ruble payments in trade between Russia and India could be launched this week, the president of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO), A Sakthivel, told CNBC on Wednesday. The arrangement would allow India and Russia to carry out financial operations bypassing the US dollar. Russia …

The US is a de facto one-party state where the ideology of national security is sacrosanct, unsustainable debt props up the empire, and the primary business is war. When all else fails, when you are clueless about how to halt a 7.5% inflation rate, when your Build Back Better bill …

The American & British governments have spread reports of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine in order to declare victory in a “heroic fight,” after the humiliation of Afghanistan, and deflect attention from their domestic problems, Moscow has claimed. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova posted the accusation on her Telegram channel …

The DOJ is ramping up its efforts to combat domestic terrorism, forming a specialized unit to address what it sees as growing threats of attacks from within the American populace. The department already had a counterterrorism section in its national security division, but Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen told US lawmakers …

US President Joe Biden said he would agree to impose new travel rules for the unvaccinated should his medical team advise it, after the White House’s top Covid official suggested the move would be “reasonable.” Asked about the restrictions on Tuesday, Biden told reporters he would make a decision “when …

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has gone on some wild goose chases in its time – from pursuing imaginary communists in Hollywood under the McCarthy era, to searching for proof that the Kremlin put Donald Trump in the White House. None of these flights of fancy, however, have been crazier …

Stay-at-home Rhode Island mum Nicole Solas, 38, has become the face of a rebellion against America’s influential National School Boards Association (NSBA), which plays a key role in serving approximately 51 million American children. Solas had never heard of the group until five months ago, when she asked if her …

Brent crude futures fell 0.4% to $83.43 a barrel by 4:00am GMT. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures lost 0.5%, trading at $83.17. The downward trend came after China’s National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration announced that it had released gasoline and diesel reserves to the market on …