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Featured September 23, 2024

Pakistan Joins International Transport Corridor Route from Belarus to Indian Ocean

Pakistan has officially joined the International Transport Corridor (ITC), which runs Belarus-Russia-Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-ports of the Indian Ocean, the Uzbekistan Ministry of Transport has stated. The ITC will strengthen ties between Central and South Asian countries, whiloe for Belarus and Russia, both of which are under sanctions, it will provide additional access to the world ocean ports. […]

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Featured July 16, 2024

Russia Redefines Its Asia Strategy

Russia has redefined its Asia strategy. Here’s how it will work The most misguided way to develop Russian policy in Asia would be to focus it on interaction with regional institutions and platforms, ‘fraternal graveyards’ where individual expression is lost in the need for everyone to find a common denominator. This is all the more […]

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July 16, 2024

Cuba Attracts Record Numbers Of Russian Tourists With Arrivals Up 67%

Almost 113,000 Russian tourists visited Cuba in the first half of 2024, according to Cristina Leon Iznaga, a diplomat at the Cuban Embassy to Russia in Moscow. She said that Havana hopes that the figure will increase to 200,000 by the end of the year.  Iznaga said that “In January-June, Cuba was visited by 112,700 […]

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June 6, 2024

Russia – Africa 2024 Trade & Development – The Latest Updates

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has been on a four-country tour on Africa this past few days, visiting Guinea, The Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso and Chad. Russia has also announced it is to open Embassies in Sierra Leone, Niger and South Sudan. We covered Lavrov’s visit and discussed Russia’s trade with each of these […]

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