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Featured February 26, 2025

Iran – EAEU Free Trade Agreement To Remove Tariffs On 87% On All Products Traded With Russia

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov has been in Tehran holding talks with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, as well as with the Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian. Much of these discussions revolve around resolving bottlenecks at the Rasht-Astara railway route, which is part of the INSTC network between Russia and the Middle East. Construction work […]

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Featured February 26, 2025

Lavrov Meets Erdogan In Turkiye To Discuss Ukraine, Syria & Trade: Details

February 27 Update: Russian and American diplomats will meet in Istanbul on Friday, February 27 to discuss administrative and communication problems in the work of the two countries’ embassies, which stacked up as a result of activities of the previous US administration. The two sides stated that meeting in Istanbul will make it clear “how fast […]

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February 26, 2025

Russia To Support Global Cocoa Productivity By Supplying Fertilizers To Ghana

Dmitry Mazepin, of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) has said that Russia is looking to increase its fertilizer exports to Ghana. The West African country has experienced a decline in agricultural output in recent years, contributing to a global cocoa bean shortage and rising prices. Ghana, along with the Ivory Coast, are […]

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February 25, 2025

Russia-South Africa 2025 Trade & Investment: Update 

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov was in South Africa last week attending the G20 Foreign Ministers meetings. During that event, he met with Ronald Lamola, the South African Foreign Minister. The two underscored the need for closer foreign policy coordination at the United Nations as well as the G20 and BRICS, highlighting the significance […]

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February 25, 2025

Russia-China Bilateral Cross-Border Rail Freight Up 9% YoY in January 2025 

Rail cargo transportation in both directions between Russia and China increased by 9.1% compared to January 2024, to 3.5 million tonnes, Russian Railways has stated. 3.3 million tonnes were Russian exports, an increase of 8.9%. 1.7 million tonnes of cargo were exported to China through the Zabaikalsk – Manchuria railway border crossing, between Zabaykalsky Krai […]

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February 25, 2025

Russia Increases Far East State Development PPP Budgets    

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree increasing funding for projects aimed at developing economic growth centres in the Russian Far East by another ₽32 billion (US$360 million). The total amount available in the state budget is now ₽73.3 billion (US$830 million). Mishustin said “This will ensure federal co-financing for projects implemented under […]

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February 24, 2025

Russia-Myanmar 2025 Trade & Investment: Update 

Maxim Reshetnikov, the Russian Economic Development Minister and Kan Zaw, Myanmar’s Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Minister have signed a memorandum on investment cooperation in Myanmar’s Dawei Special Economic Zone. The document was signed at the fifth intergovernmental Russian-Myanmar commission for commercial and economic cooperation during the Russian delegation’s official visit to Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital […]

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February 24, 2025

Russia-Pakistan Direct Rail Freight Service To Begin In March

Freight rail transportation between Russia and Pakistan is scheduled to begin from March 2025, according to the Russian Ministry of Transport. The announcement was made following the results of the Third Caspian Economic Forum in Tehran, during which Russia and Iran signed a Practical Action Plan for cooperation in the transport sector for 2025. This […]

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February 24, 2025

The Russia – United States Talks: The Next Steps Before The Putin-Trump Summit

Moscow and Washington are to conduct talks initially addressing irritants to their bilateral relations at the end of the next week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has stated. The discussions are to iron out and talk through problematic differences between the two sides and will involve “political directors” – presumably meaning political policy decision […]

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