Living in a world without the West
May 21, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR
As the West lurches from economic contractions to social chaos, the rest of the world is simply bypassing its values, currencies and systems, creating an alternative arrangement where the West becomes irrelevant
The decline of the West revisited
February 13, 2012 Shlomo Ben Ami, The Moscow Times
Since the publication in 1918 of the first volume of Oswald Spengler's "The Decline of the West," prophecies about the inexorable doom of what he called the "Faustian Civilization" have been a recurrent topic for intellectuals.
Russia offers $10 billion for eurozone bailout
November 2, 2011 Vlad Grinkevich, RIA Novosti economic commentator
Saving Europe is becoming something of a popular global trend. Arkady Dvorkovich, economic adviser to the Russian president, told briefing on Monday that Russia was ready to help stabilize the European economy via the IMF.
Unlocking Russian identity: European or Asian?
September 1, 2011 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR
Is Russia a European or an Asiatic country? Or, is it a blend of both continents?
Payments won’t eliminate national debt
July 21, 2011 Andrey Kompaneyets, Trud, Russia Today TV Channel
Economists are debating whether or not a technical default in the US is possible, and when the euro is expected to collapse.
NATO to be shown “an electronic nose” in Sochi
July 5, 2011 Igor Yavlyansky, Izvestia (translated by RT.com)
NATO’s permanent representatives travel to the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympics.






























