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Featured March 20, 2025

Russia Expands Mineral Water Exports To Thailand   

Russia’s Aqua Holding LLC, producer of mineral water brands Essentuki No. 4, Essentuki No. 17 and Narzan, has delivered its first shipment of mineral water to Thailand, the company has stated. These mineral waters are bottled in the Russian Caucasus and considered therapeutic treatments for gastro-intestinal problems. Aqua Holdings has worked with water for local […]

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Featured March 20, 2025

Russian Meat Exports To Asia To Increase In 2025

Russia’s Cherkizovo Group, one of the countries leading meat producers, shipped approximately 46,000 tonnes of its products to Southeast Asia in 2024, up 10% compared to the previous year, the company has said. The bulk of exports consists of chicken products, but shipments of turkey, pork and sausages to the region are also growing. The […]

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March 20, 2025

Russian Seafood Imports From Iran Up 25% In 2024

Russia imported 20,000 tonnes of seafood from Iran in 2024, up 25% from the previous year, the Russia Fish Union said, citing the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA). In monetary terms, imports also increased 25%, reaching US$60 million in value. Russia accounted for 10% of Iran’s total seafood exports in volume […]

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March 20, 2025

Russia Working On Tanzania’s Kiwira Thermal Power Plant

Inter RAO Export Project Management (a division of Inter RAO) plans to develop a project for the construction of the Kiwira thermal power plant (TPP) in Tanzania. The approximate cost is US$1.6 million. In 2025, only the development of the feasibility study is planned, including the contracting of an appropriate subcontractor from the Russian side. […]

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March 19, 2025

Cost Of China-Russia Shipping Containers Reduces, Volumes To Increase     

The time and cost of shipping containers from China to Russia have significantly decreased, with the supply of transportation now exceeding shipping demand. The transportation time has dropped to three weeks, and the rates on the Shanghai-Moscow route are now about US$5,000 per container. Oleg Poluektov, a Director of logistics for the Russian company ModernWay […]

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March 19, 2025

VTB Expands Phone-Number Based, International Financial Transfer Retail Services  

Russia’s VTB bank has launched phone number-based transfers to Azerbaijan, in moves that circumnavigate the financial sanctions placed on Russian banks using the SWIFT financial transfer service. Russian retail clients can now instantly send money to Azerbaijan using the recipient’s phone number to clients of the subsidiary bank – VTB Azerbaijan. The transfer is made […]

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March 18, 2025

Russia’s Pivot To Asia: New 2025 Guide To West Africa Out Now   

This unique and brand new 2025 Guide includes Russia’s trade, investment and development status with Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.  West Africa is a diverse region, with a considerable European colonial past and some regional conflicts, especially in the […]

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March 18, 2025

Russia, Tajikistan 2025 Trade & Investment Relations: Update

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has been discussing bilateral relations with the Tajik President, Emomali Rahmon, in Moscow. They discussed prospects for expanding bilateral relations of strategic partnership and alliance, with a focus on trade, investment, cultural and humanitarian cooperation in addition to exchanging opinions on key regional issues. Both countries are members of the […]

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March 18, 2025

Eurasian Economic Union, Iran, Free Trade Agreement Effective From May 15   

The full free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries and Iran will go into effect on May 15, according to Andrei Slepnev, the Eurasian Economic Commission Trade Minister. The EAEU includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. It fills the geographic space between Eastern Europe and Western China.   The EAEU said in […]

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March 18, 2025

Murmansk To Triple Crab Exports To Asia

The Murmansk Sea Fishing Port (MMRP) plans to expand multimodal shipments of frozen seafood exports, according to its CEO Andrei Borodin. This involves frozen, pre-boiled crab being shipped from MMRP to Vladivostok in refrigerated containers and then by sea to South Korea’s Busan Port. Borodin said that “This pilot project is important because until last […]

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