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By Rhod Mackenzie
According to the World Bank's latest rankings, the Russian Federation holds fourth position among the world's largest economies in terms of purchasing power parity. It should be noted that only China, the United States, and India are ahead. Japan and Germany are not performing as...

The World Bank (WB) has recently classified Russia as a high-income country. The document has been published on the WB website. In addition to Russia, Bulgaria and Palau have been included in this category.
According to World Bank criteria High-income countries are states where the gross income ind...

The international financial and development institutions should be reformed to reflect the interests of the Global South, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said.While the BRICS can play an important and complementary role for developing nations, he stressed that it should not contribute to a fr...