Russia and China to build world’s largest ethylene petrochemical plant
CHENGDU, Oct 16, 2019, RT, China Daily. An agreement worth more than $13 billion has…
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The Russian Federation is an economy of 144 million people. When it joined APEC in 1998, Russia’s real GDP stood at USD 813 billion, while its real per capita GDP was USD 5,500. By 2016, Russia’s GDP and per capita GDP more than doubled at USD 1.6 trillion and USD 11,200 respectively.
[Analytics] US sanctions could push Turkey to leave NATO
The administration of the Kurdish-controlled regions in north-eastern Syria announced on Sunday that they had…
Indian Air Force wants new Russian MiG-29s to have indigenous weapons
NEW DELHI, Oct 16, 2019, ANI. At a time when the Indian Air Force (IAF)…
[Dialogue] ‘Many Russian technologies have no equal in the world, but it’s too long to commercialize them’: UMJ Russia Fund chief
UMJ Russia Fund attracts Japanese companies’ shares in Russian high technologies for more than 10…
[Analytics] What is more important to Putin: Saudi or Iran?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has just wrapped up an important visit to Saudi Arabia. Stephen…
Smart cities’ development will be discussed under the guidance of Bloomberg in Russia
MOSCOW, Oct 15, 2019, Pan Pacific Agency. Global technology conference “Sooner Than You Think: Smart…
[Analytics] The American crackdown on Chinese intelligence
After decades of all but ignoring large-scale Chinese intelligence operations targeting the United States, the…
[Analytics] From Russia with guns: why is Southeast Asia buying arms from Moscow, not Washington?
Though it lags only the US in global arms sales, Russia is the top supplier…
Russia, China may sign contract on designing heavy helicopter by year-end
TIANJIN, Oct 12, 2019, TASS. JSC Russian Helicopters and China’s Avicopter company may sign a…
[Analytics] Vietnam a lonely island of resistance to China
Locked for months in a naval showdown with China over a gas-rich reef, Vietnam is…
Putin arrives in Ashgabat to take part in CIS summit
ASHGABAT, Oct 11, 2019, TASS. Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Ashgabat on Thursday….
Russian defense minister may visit N. Korea this month
TOKYO, Oct 10, 2019, TASS. Moscow and Pyongyang are looking into the possibility of organizing…