Western sanctions have failed to sink the Russian economy due to a “big country trap” effect, a recent study by the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences has found. If a state is a major player on the global market – like Russia – the imposition of restrictions on its exports will…

Police say protesters pelted them with stones as they demanded the resignation of the prime minister Dozens were hurt during clashes on Friday night in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, where a coalition of opposition parties held street protests, demanding the authorities take a tougher stance against the country’s neighbor, Azerbaijan.

The US president mistakenly claimed that North Korea supported Washington in imposing sanctions on Russia US President Joe Biden added to his list of gaffes on Friday by apparently confusing the two Korean states.