At least a dozen major terrorist groups operate in Nigeria, including the infamous Boko Haram, and the inflow of weapons that could easily end up in their hands is the last thing the West African nation needs.
It is unlikely that Washington will be able to decouple Central Asia from Russia, even though it will falsely paint some trade initiatives as major successes or game changing.
Russia has become India’s Top Oil supplier, edging past the traditionally dominant suppliers Saudi Arabia and Iraq, according to the energy cargo tracker Vortexa
East China’s coastal city of Xiamen, Fujian Province, saw its trade with BRICS countries increase 26.3 percent year on year to hit 76.46 billion yuan (about 10.67 billion U.S. dollars) in the first 10 months of this year
According to a report released by China’s General Administration of Customs, Russian oil and gas exports to China increased significantly between January and October of this year in comparison to the same period last year
The Russian Science Foundation and the State Natural Science Foundation of China have supported two research projects by scientists of the Ural Federal University