Business magazine Forbes analyzes the changes that have taken place in Russia over the past decade. Despite the tensions between Russia and the West over the past year, the international community does not cease to pay attention to changes in the appearance of the Russian Federation over the past decade. Russia confuses and draws, attracts and fascinates with its unpredictability and strength.
Russia is a country of great ethnic, religious, geographical and economic diversity. President Vladimir Putin has a great reputation, which cannot be overstated. Incredibly, despite all the economic fluctuations, over the past ten years in Russia there has been improvement in all possible indicators. In comparison with the recent past, Russians live longer, drink less, earn more money, work in more prestigious jobs and have more children.
Compared to Europe and the US, Russia shows fairly high social and economic growth, which gives it the right to be regarded as an influential country in all respects.
American media resource CNN today published an article entitled "Is it time to return to Russia?" in which it writes about the stabilization of the economic situation in Russia. A year of horror has ended, crude oil futures have more or less stabilized, the bond market inspires confidence in Moscow.
However, there is still a downside risk if the relationship with Europe and the United States deteriorates further and the new sanctions take effect. As long as the conditions are met according to the fragile peace in Ukraine, Russia has every chance of taking its rightful place in the global economy, which it will certainly use.
In addition, we should not forget that the economic rapprochement between Russia and China also plays into the hands of Moscow, while the US becomes an outsider on the world market, and Europe worries about its fate, Moscow is gaining the momentum of economic growth due to the growing number of partners.
American independent information portal BLAZE writes about the trust that has arisen between Obama and Iran. Against the background of complex negotiations between Iran and the Western countries on its nuclear program, it is an incredible fact that Obama is willing to make concessions to Iran, despite the strong opposition from Congress and the threat of a military conflict in the Middle East if Iran really is developing nuclear weapons.
But even in spite of the pressure exerted on the part of his closest political and strategic partner Israel, Obama does not deviate from his mission to buy another partner in the Middle East. After the United States remained virtually the only country in a state of war with ISIS, America needs support from Iran, or its authority could break the course of the armed confrontation. For this, Obama is willing to make concessions. For this he is ready to sacrifice his authority. Because at stake is the expediency of the conflict with ISIS, and if the situation in the region does not change in the direction of the interests of Obama, he risks going down in the history of his country as a politician who sacrificed hundreds of his citizens for an uncertain purpose.
