Most participants in the Klondike Gold Rush died in poverty. But for some, this era still helped them get rich. For example, entrepreneur Levi Strauss, who created the legendary jeans. Their durable fabric and rivets in the corners of the pockets were made specifically to meet the needs of the prospectors. The winners were also saloon owners, equipment sellers, and food suppliers—in short, everyone who supported the work of the gold miners. So, the Russian consumer market in the last three years resembles such a Klondike. Only instead of searching for yellow metal, people are engaged in trading on marketplaces, which seem to be a new golden bottom of the Russian economy.

#Wildberries #Analytics #business #competition #marketplaces #inequality #parallelimport #Russia #market #sanctions

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This coming Saturday, Russia may wake up to a new reality. Or not, if Trump, contrary to his promise, does not impose sanctions on countries buying Russian oil, gas, and uranium.

#Analytics #VladimirPutin #gas #DonaldTrump #India #Iran #China #oil #duties #Rosneft #ruble #sanctions #Surgutneftegas #Taiwan #Uranus

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Right-wing populism is not a universal ideology, and everything beyond anti-globalist and anti-immigrant sentiments is subject to tactical moves that have their local characteristics depending on the local agenda. Yet, it is possible to highlight the reasons for the successes of right-wing populists using the example of Marine Le Pen's party in France.

#Analytics #WarinUkraine #elections #democracy #europe #JeanMarieLePen #MarineLePin #society #rights #Putin #ultraright #France

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There are only two nuclear powers in Europe: France and the United Kingdom. Their combined strength is less than the arsenals of Russia and the USA, but fully sufficient to inflict unacceptable damage on an adversary. While Russian aggression in Ukraine continues and US commitments within NATO do not appear reliable, the stance of leading European countries on nuclear deterrence takes on particular significance.

#Analytics #Entente #UnitedKingdom #militarycooperation #war #west #KirStarmer #coalitionofthewilling #NATO #Russia #Ukraine #France #EmmanuelMacron #nucleardisarmament

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It is clear that the main strategic direction of the EU (in alliance with the United Kingdom) today must primarily focus on achieving autonomy in the field of security. This means arms production, training capable armies, and creating new command centers, either within NATO or alongside it – while simultaneously maintaining political and economic stability in Europe. Altogether, this represents a complex challenge, as European citizens wish to continue living peacefully, enjoying numerous social guarantees without giving up their accustomed way of life.

#Analytics #VladimirPutin #war #DonaldTrump #EuropeanUnion #west #Israel #Iran #MarkRutte #Russia #USA #tradewar #Ukraine #FriedrichMerz #EmmanuelMacron

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Recently, Republican Senator from Utah Mike Lee introduced a bill to withdraw the USA from NATO, calling it the «Unreliable Organization Act.» This came immediately after the two-day Alliance summit in The Hague. Mike Lee stated that «NATO has fulfilled its role» and accused the European members of the organization of «making American taxpayers pay their bills for decades.»

#Analytics #VladimirPutin #war #militaryindustrialcomplex #DonaldTrump #europe #EuropeanUnion #NATO #defense #Russia #USA #Ukraine

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The question of the US entering Israel’s war with Iran remains the main topic on the agenda today. On June 12, the White House officially stated that the United States «is taking a defensive stance» and does not plan to intervene in the fighting for now. Meanwhile, American President Donald Trump repeatedly demanded that both sides «make a deal,» and recently insisted on Israel’s unconditional surrender. ‍

#AliKhamenei #America #Americanmedia #Analytics #MiddleEast #dictatorship #DmitryMedvedev #DonaldTrump #Israel #Iraq #Iran #Kremlin #Moscow #oil #PeteHegseth #Russia #USA #Ukraine #IDF

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The Trump administration has launched a new operation to deport illegal immigrants. Now they are being arrested right in front of court buildings where they come for their case hearings. Cases are closed retroactively, and the arrested individuals enter the so-called «expedited deportation» process. However, in practice, this primarily means the deportation of political refugees who have officially applied for asylum with U.S. authorities.

#analytics #emigration #west

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American politician and diplomat Henry Kissinger would have turned 102 today (considering he lived to 100, this is quite a realistic assumption). His name is firmly associated with the concepts of «shuttle diplomacy» and Realpolitik. For his efforts to end the Vietnam War in 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Despite being one of the architects of U.S. foreign policy aimed against the USSR during the Cold War, he later often spoke sympathetically about Russia, justified its foreign policy actions, and met with. Kissinger’s ideological legacy is especially interesting in light of the Russia-Ukraine war and Donald Trump’s attempts to stop it.

#Analytics #VladimirZelensky #VladimirPutin #war #WorldEconomicForum #HenryKissinger #democracy #JoeBiden #dictatorship #diplomacy #DonaldTrump #China #Russia #SovietUnion #SteveBannon #Ukraine

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In Soviet times, the Russian emigration was an important base for recruiting foreign agents, but after the collapse of the USSR, its numbers grew many times over – opening up inexhaustible opportunities for Russian intelligence services. The network of Russian influence agents and simple spy centers is visibly becoming denser

#agents #Analytics #antiRussiansanctions #VyacheslavNikonov #Gru #dictatorship #YevgenyPrimakov #Study #kgb #NataliaKardash #aftertheUSSR #legalfund #propaganda #Russianspecialservices #Rossotrudnichestvo #Russianworld #SVR #SergeyLavrov #compatriots #FSB

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Who today could take responsibility both for continuing support of Ukraine, for rearming Europe, and for organizing a more autonomous security system? Obviously, in the absence of competencies within the EU in defense policy, this mission should be taken on by the leading European countries — in fact, these are the countries of the Weimar Triangle. The first signs of agreement between them, shown in the May visits and negotiations, inspire cautious hope. There are no other contenders for such a role anyway.‍

#Analytics #security #WeimarTriangle #VladimirZelensky #war #EastEurope #Germany #DonaldTusk #EuropeanUnion #west #integration #NATO #Poland #weaponsproduction #sanctionsagainstRussia #Ukraine #France #FriedrichMerz #EmmanuelMacron

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Of course, the Russian economy is much better prepared for an oil shock than the Soviet one – not only because of its market nature but also because the Russian authorities are trained by previous crises. However, the population and, most importantly, the elites are accustomed to a completely different standard of living than in the USSR. How will they react to their wealth falling by half or even two to three times? ‍

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Events of recent years have forced Europe to rethink its security concept. It is not just about the current contradictory activity of President Trump and his entourage, from which numerous claims against Europeans arise, including the most surprising ones. These disagreements did not start yesterday – not even during Trump's first term. The Obama and Biden administrations did not spare the traditional rhetoric about transatlantic solidarity, but in reality pursued the same line of distancing from old allies. The US position on supporting Ukraine from the first days of the war, when Trump was still far from the White House, left a strange and ambiguous feeling that occurs when true goals do not coincide with declared ones. In general, the revision of transatlantic relations has been going on for a long time, but today it has sharply touched on such a sensitive issue as Europe's security and NATO's prospects.‍

#analytics #war #west

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