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The SAA Deir-Ezzor Euphrates River Battle: a Tactical Review
Most of us who have watched the SAA crawl back from the edge of defeat, after the Russians joined the Hezbollah and Iranian forces already there, have cheered their westward advance to recapture the huge central area of the country...
CSTO and SCO: Extensive Security Measures
The situation in Afghanistan is one of the most important issues for the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO, which unites Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, as well as for the Shanghai...
China-Ruble Settlement and the Dollar System
The Peoples’ Bank of China has just announced a payment-versus-payment (PVP system for Russian ruble and Chinese yuan transactions. The stated aim is to reduce currency risks in their trade. The only conceivable risk would be from...