Despite the progress of industry and technology, humans continue to be the weak spot in the face of nature. The devastating earthquakes that shook on February 6, 2023, the southeast of Türkiye and the northeast of Syria are new evidence of impotence facing natural disasters. The two earthquakes of 7.6 and 7.7 have claimed the lives of more than 50.000 ...

The following interview was published in English on Rt.com here. We present it to our readers ss it provides first-hand insight into Russia’s struggle against sanctions and the development of responding policies. The woman who has become a nightmare for the architects of Western sanctions against Russia gives her first interview in two years. The head of the Bank of ...

United World International has organized a webinar with the title “Europe’s energy crisis and the prospects of Russian-Turkish cooperation” on December 23rd. The webinar hosted following guests who provided presentations: Stanislav Mitrakhovich, expert of the National Energy Security Fund, researcher at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation; Dr. Şerife Özkan Nesimioğlu, Assistant Professor at KTO Karatay ...

Most serious observers agree that the sanctions regarding Russian oil decided upon recently by the EU, will not only not hurt Russia’s revenues, but will probably boost them by raising the price of oil. These sanctions will at the same time damage a European Union that is badly needing to import energy and which seems well heading into a process ...

The public agenda in Türkiye had been busy last week. A broad debate occurred on the Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati’s statement that they have been developing relations between Türkiye and Russia and with many other Eurasian countries. Another topic was the statement of Turkish officials about the establishment of a joint gas hub together with Russia. The ...

United World International has organized an international webinar on the topic “The Grain War: Sanctions, Hunger and the Quest for a Mulipolar World” on October 24. Speakers from Russia, Türkiye and Egypt made presentations. The speaker from Russia was Vyacheslav Matuzov. Matuzov is a former Soviet and Russian diplomat. He is also President of the Society for Friendship and Business ...

On July 22nd in Istanbul, Russia and Ukraine signed a package of documents mediated by Türkiye and the United Nations to solve the problem of food and fertilizer supplies to world markets. Earlier, the EU and the U.S. had stated that the conflict in Ukraine threatened the world’s poorest countries with a food crisis. However, after the agreements of Istanbul, ...

There are actually two sides of the same coin… On one side, there is Türkiye that has become a vital artery for Russia, which is going through political and economic bottlenecks after the Western sanctions.  On the other side there is Russia, which has become a gateway for Türkiye, as it drifts away from the West and tries to overcome ...

By Işıkgün Akfırat, Vladivostok, Russia The Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia’s easternmost city, witnessed China-Russia-India unity. Speaking at the Presidential Session, Li Zhanshu, second leader of the People’s Republic of China’s after the President Xi Jinping, said that Asian countries would lead humanity out of the current challenges. The 7th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), which took place in Russia’s ...

By Işıkgün Akfırat, Vladivostok, Russia Russia’s easternmost port city of Vladivostok has been the host for the Eastern Economic Forum September 5-8. In his speech at the forum, Russian President Putin said that “the world has recently undergone irreversible tectonic shifts”, and that “We have to treat all countries as equals”. Russia’s easternmost port city of Vladivostok has been the ...