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According to a Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry report new car brands, including those from Iran and India, may soon enter the Russian market. African producers have also expressed interest, but China remains the dominant player. This article questions whether these new brands can compete wi...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Mir card, CNAPS, and CIPS are financial messaging systems used for national domestic and cross-border interbank payments in Russia, China, and Iran respectively. These systems were seen as potential alternatives to the Western-dominated payment systems. However, this percepti...

By Timofei Bordachev

Russian policymakers, it seems, are operating under the assumption that country’s interaction with its most important partners, in terms of its development and stability in Eurasia, cannot be dependent on the dynamics of the conflict between Russia and the West.

Moscow’s cur...

Iran's Ambassador to India Iraj Elahi, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal discussed the development of cooperation between India, Iran.

"H.E. Iraj Elahi ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in New Delhi, met with H.E. Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of Ports, Shi...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Last week, the Finance Committee of the Iraqi Parliament called for an end to the sale of Iraqi oil in dollars in response to US sanctions against Iraqi banks.

According to Oil Price, the committee stated that the US Treasury is using money laundering as a pretext for imposing...

BRICS, the intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, started meetings this morning in Russia. After agreeing to expand its membership in August, the group added Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE on January 1. During the opening meeting, Ir...