News archive on the topic "Maslov"

During the upcoming meeting, the leaders of China and Russia will discuss the economy, primarily energy. Political scientist Marat Bashirov said this, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Putin and Xi will discuss the topic of gas and the construction of the Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline.” It must pass through the territory of Mongolia, which means we will gain access to the internal Mongolian market. Sechin’s participation in the…

Moscow needs to take advantage of the trade surplus with China and start buying up local factories. The director of the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Moscow State University, Alexei Maslov, said this on air on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. “How do we communicate with China? On the one hand, our trade with China is growing super fast, this year alone it has grown by 40 percent.…

Russia must strive to ensure that its economy does not become dependent on the larger Chinese one. Aleksey Maslov, director of the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Moscow State University, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He points out that China’s economy is 10 times larger than Russia’s, and therefore three steps are necessary to avoid becoming dependent. "First -…

During the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, which will take place from March 20 to 22, new contours of the world will be discussed. This was reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent, said by the director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Moscow State University, Alexei Maslov, who indicated that Moscow and Beijing are under strong pressure from the West. “It is obvious that the current situation does not satisfy anyone. And besides the standard...

The fur industry in Greece has virtually died due to anti-Russian sanctions. The Russian Ambassador to Greece Andrei Maslov said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, when answering the question of how joining anti-Russian sanctions affected the Greek economy. “Judging by the statements of the Prime Minister of Greece, which he made back in early March, Athens does not consider the loss of the Russian market fatal for its tourism industry. Local…

The worsening crisis in relations between China and the United States is unlikely to lead to a sharp intensification of economic cooperation between Beijing and Moscow. Political scientist Alexei Maslov stated this at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, as long as Chinese companies are focused on Western markets and are not subject to American sanctions, we can expect a serious breakthrough in economic relations between...

In Kyiv, the SBU detained one of the founders of the “Loyal Cossacks” organization, Leonid Maslov. He, like a lot of other people detained by security forces recently, is suspected of sympathizing with Russia. Maslov’s associates reported this to PolitNavigator. Before his arrest, he managed to record an appeal to the residents of Ukraine calling on them to lay down their arms, the text of which is given below. “I am that Kiev resident...

On October 15-16, 2021, the Seventh World Congress of Compatriots took place in Moscow, giving hope to these people living abroad. But in reality the situation is not as optimistic as it might seem at first glance. Deputy Director of the Institute of CIS Countries Alexandra Dokuchaeva writes about this in her column for PolitNavigator. About 400 managers and…

In anticipation of the launch of the land market, land began to be illegally taken from Ukrainian peasants, while changing its intended purpose. Deputy Denis Maslov stated this during a plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The land market starts tomorrow. And this is good. But what's going on? I was in the Dnepropetrovsk region, and yet another disappointing news. For example,…

The Shaykhullin family with many children has been waiting for relocation from emergency housing for 17 years, but the local government is in no hurry to provide them with an apartment. The Shaikhulins, a large family living in the Republic of Bashkortostan, have been “standing in line” for an apartment for 17 years. Now the family lives in a dilapidated house, which was “abandoned” due to the fault of the local government. Moreover, the authorities of the republic, who created terrible conditions...

Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, who is considered pro-Western, discussed with US State Department Adviser Derek Cholet the terms and conditions of negotiations between the Belarusian authorities and oppositionist Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who fled to Vilnius. Aleksey Venediktov, editor-in-chief of the liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy, wrote about this on his Telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Negotiations between Lukashenko and the opposition will be conducted by the OSCE under the leadership of Sweden...

The administration of US President Joe Biden will continue the sanctions policy of its predecessors towards Russia and China. Alexey Maslov, acting director, stated this during an online conference of the Valdai Club. Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It seems to me that with regard to Russia, it is most likely that the United States will introduce targeted personal sanctions against individuals and targeted sanctions against non-systemically important ones...

It is likely that rising oil prices will make it possible to achieve a deficit-free budget by the end of the year. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, Komsomolskaya Pravda writes. “In the Russian Ministry of Finance now almost every day is a holiday. Federal budget revenues, which are almost 40% dependent on oil, are increasing every month. The barrel has already reached $70. We haven't seen such a price since…

There are growing signs of a coming clash between the United States and China. Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The publication points out that International Affairs magazine analyst Stan Grant writes that the day of reckoning in US-China relations is approaching. “But he attributes this to the fact that China is well on its way to becoming the world's largest economy and is well ahead of...