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What is the best collective name for the so-called ‘Developed World’? It has names for itself; its economists speak of the Advanced or Industrialised nations and its politicians the ‘Free World’ or even the ‘Civilized world’. The rest of us have other names, not all polite: Collective West, Global North, Hegemonists, Globalists, to name but a few. Some, perhaps waking up to the new realities, are starting to speak of the global periphery. This is an interesting inversion, but may be a bit premature.

https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/naming-the-world-minority/
US partners secretly rooting for Russia in Ukraine – Moscow’s top spy
Washington’s closest allies increasingly want to chart their own course without relying on the White House, Sergey Naryshkin says



A growing number of US partners are trying to deviate from Washington’s policies and want Russia to drive the nail home when it comes to the Ukraine crisis, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has said.

In an interview with the Russian magazine Razvedchik (“Spy”) on Tu...  Read more »
Shock, Despair: Quo Vadis
Like Syria, when my internet connection disappeared over the weekend, I felt lost. I did not know what is happening and all I saw before the world went dark for me, was this.

So, I knew. And I mourned and I kicked against the ….. and then I started thinking it through with no informational overload. Only myself, and the universe. This is what I was thinking:

Betrayal, betrayal. Again we took a knife to a gunfight and the gunslingers won. We fought the law and the law won.

Russia, is the bigge...  Read more »
Navigating the Fog
An Interview with Professor Sergey A. Karaganov

By Nora Hoppe and Tariq Marzbaan at Al Mayadeen.

As we transition from a dying world to a new one in its turbulent birth pangs – we find ourselves in a foggy interregnum that urgently needs more clarity for us to move on…

We thus turn once again to political scientist and senior political advis...  Read more »
Syria’s post-mortem
Terror, occupation, and Palestine.

By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle

The NATO-Israeli cabal cheering on Damascus’s fall will get more than they bargained for. Power struggles and infighting among extremist militias and civil society, each backed by different regional and foreign actors who want a piece of the pie.

The short headline defining the abrupt, swift end of Syria as...  Read more »
Why the ties between Russia and India are unbreakable
The relationship between New Delhi and Moscow has withstood the test of time and geopolitical shifts, while the defense partnership remains a vital bridge connecting the two nations

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh visited Moscow at a crucial time when the two countries are working to reshape and reinvigorate their longstanding partnership based on trust and shared concerns. Singh’s trip comes shortly after Prime Minister N...  Read more »
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Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin: interview to ‘Razvedchik’ (‘Intelligence Officer’) news magazine
Question: Late last year, the Razvedchik (Intelligence Officer) magazine published your article about international development trends in the outgoing year 2024. To what extent have your forecasts come true, and what are the nascent new trends? What can Russia and the international community fear and hope for next year?

Sergey Naryshkin: The main forecast about the growing crisis of the US-centric world and its replacement with a mu...  Read more »
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At long last! Russian Railways is resuming passenger rail service with China and North Korea after it was suspended in 2020, the holding announced on its official Telegram channel.

"We are resuming passenger rail service with China and the DPRK. With the introduction of the 2024-2027 schedule, international trains of China Railways on the route Suifenhe-Grodekovo and those of the DPRK Ministry of Railways on the route Tumangang-Khasan will resume service," the statement said.


Russian Railways completely suspended passenger service to China and the DPRK in February 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Source: TASS) @LauraRuHK
Zimbabwe wants to build its first spaceport with Russia’s help
The African state’s space agency chief says talks are ongoing with Roscosmos regarding projects



Zimbabwe is counting on Russia’s support to build its own spaceport and send its first astronaut into orbit within the next decade, Painos Gweme, the director of the southern African country’s National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA), has announced.

In an interview published on Tuesday, Gweme told TASS that his country has begun...  Read more »
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