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Russia/Defense – Russian Defense Ministry signs contract on first 10 S-500 air defense systems — source (TASS)

TASS writes: Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with Almaz-Antey on shipment of the first batch of the S-500 Prometey air defense systems,...

Russia/Google – Moscow court fines Google over $40,000 for refusing to localize users’ data in Russia (TASS)

TASS writes: The Magistrates' Court in Moscow has fined Google 3 mln rubles ($40,975) for refusing to localize its users’ data in Russia, a...

Russia/Afghanistan – Russia’s regional clout to strengthen further amid post Afghan exit turmoil, says envoy (TASS)

TASS writes: Moscow’s powerful regional clout amid the current situation in Afghanistan will expand even further following the pullout of US troops from that...

Russia/Syria – Russian-Syrian intergovernmental commission to meet in August in Syria, Ambassador says (TASS)

TASS writes: A meeting of the Russian-Syrian Intergovernmental Commission on trade-economic and scientific, and technical cooperation is scheduled for August in Syria, the republic’s ambassador...

Russia/USA/Afghanistan – Russian-US dialogue on Afghanistan developing positively, senior diplomat says (TASS)

TASS writes: Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov noted that Russian and US interests in the Afghan settlement generally coincided go to TASS:...

Iran/Saudi Arabia – Tehran, Riyadh gradually mending ties following meditation efforts (IRNA)

IRNA writes: Holding bilateral negotiations as well as announcements by Iranian officials are some of the signs showing that relations are getting improved between Tehran...

Iran/Iraq – Iran exports to Iraq up 54% in 3 months (IRNA)

Head of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce, Jahanbakhsh Sanjabi addressing a meeting in Kermanshah on Thursday, said that the figures indicate that 95 percent of bilateral...

USA – Is the US Economy Running Out of Slack? (Project-Syndicate)

WILLEM H. BUITER writes: Given the unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on labor markets, there is a spirited debate over...

Inequality – How can we close inequality gaps in the global COVID-19 recovery? (WEF)

Gita Gopinath writes: The global economic recovery continues, but with a widening gap between advanced economies and many emerging market and developing economies. Our latest...

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