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Export revenues dropped 30% compared to an all-time high recorded in 2022, the regulator estimated Russian export revenues dropped by almost a third in 2023, according to the preliminary assessment released by the Bank of Russia, which cites a decline in prices for crude oil as one of the key reasons for the decrease.

Washington’s close military ties with South Korea are bringing the region closer to a nuclear war, Pyongyang claimed on Tuesday.  The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) argued that the ongoing 11-day US-South Korean exercise ‘Ulchi Freedom Shield’ was a rehearsal for “an actual war to invade the North,” and that “the aggressive character of the…