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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Russian Central Bank:  Western Sanctions Have No Significant Impact on Russian Banks

Russian Central Bank: Western Sanctions Have No Significant Impact on Russian Banks

Wednesday 22 October 2014
VTB, Gazprombank, Vnesheconombank and Rosselkhozbank were barred from raising funds on European Union capital markets. Sanctions against the Russian state-owned banks were also imposed by Australia, Canada, Switzerland and Japan.  
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The West may cut Russia from SWIFT due to Ukraine Crisis

The West may cut Russia from SWIFT due to Ukraine Crisis

Sunday 15 March 2015 ،
VTB Russia’s second largest bank, adding that should it happen Russia has a “Plan B.” If Russian banks no longer have access to SWIFT, the American ambassador would leave Moscow the same day, he said. Kostin added that the banking system is highly dependent on the dollar and euro, and is the most vu ...
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Yuan Deposits Replace Dollar, Euro in Russian Banks

Yuan Deposits Replace Dollar, Euro in Russian Banks

Sunday 13 March 2022 ،
VTB Bank has offered its clientele the opportunity to open Chinese yuan savings accounts that yield a maximum interest rate of 8%. The country’s second-biggest bank has been hit by the Western sanctions aimed at the total financial isolation of Russia over its war in Ukraine. With Russia now officia ...
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Russia’s Second Largest Bank Inaugurates Representative Office in Tehran

Russia’s Second Largest Bank Inaugurates Representative Office in Tehran

Wednesday 17 May 2023 ،
VTB Bank has opened up a representative office in Iran as the two neighboring countries seek to further connect their interbank communication and transfer systems in the face of Western sanctions. Russia’s second-largest and majority state-owned VTB Bank has opened up a representative office i ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies