Russian bank Sberbank has launched Indian Rupee accounts for individuals to reduce Moscow’s dependency on the U.S. dollar and euro. Russia’s dominant lender on Wednesday said individuals could now open accounts in Indian rupees, expanding the range of foreign currencies available as Moscow strives to reduce dependency on the U.S.
The control over US financial assistance, which many American officials insist on, is caused not only by its significant volumes, but also numerous evidences of corruption in recipient countries. The amount of money allocated for direct support of Ukraine from the US budget has already exceeded $100 billion, creating significant
According to experiments conducted by the scientists, samples coated with a 1-dollar Chinese adhesive defeated a billion-dollar US laser weapon. Scientists in China who have been experimenting with materials to protect drones and missiles from laser attacks say they have discovered a surprising potential solution – adhesive. An experiment showed
Ukrainian Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov told Foreign Policy magazine that the West told us to “kill as many Russians” as possible. In the initial days of the conflict in Ukraine, Kiev’s Western backers wanted its forces to make do without military aid and “kill as many Russians” as they could before admitting
The local Cairo24 news media outlet reported that a top Egyptian oceanography researcher said the man-eating shark that mauled a Russian national to death will be ‘mummified’. A shark that mauled a Russian national to death in Egypt last week will end up as a museum exhibit, a top Egyptian
French newspaper L’Opinion reported that French President Emmanuel Macron has asked for an invitation to the BRICS Summit. French President Emmanuel Macron has asked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for an invitation to the upcoming BRICS summit in Pretoria, French newspaper L’Opinion reported on Monday. Macron’s recent attempts to win
During a gathering of war correspondents, Putin said that Russia’s goals in the Ukraine conflict have not changed. The goals of Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine have not changed and are in fact being served by Kiev’s latest offensive, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a gathering of war correspondents at
A comprehensive analysis by business media has found that the US is trying to kick China out of the world undersea internet cable infrastructure by limiting Chinese companies’ involvement. The campaign comes amid a spiraling technology-related trade war between the People’s Republic on one side and the US and its
A study published in the peer-reviewed Chinese language journal Environmental Chemistry found that plutonium from US nuclear weapons tests is polluting the South China Sea. A new study has found that plutonium sediments in the South China Sea have their origins in fallout from US nuclear tests conducted in the
