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Russia To Award Icebreaker Ship Building Contracts To India

Imports, India, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Indian media is reporting that two of the country’s shipyards will work on building four non-nuclear icebreaking ships for Rosatom, with the likely contact set to go to Gujarat shipyards – Indian Prime Minister Modi’s home region. New Delhi is already considering one state-owned and one private shipbuilder for the plan, while  reports state that […]

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Meeting of the Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Commonwealth of Independent States, Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Security, Trade

On October 8, the heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), currently chaired by Russia, met in Moscow . The leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are taking part in it. There is a Free Trade Agreement between CIS member countries, but the CIS FTA differs from the

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Chinese Companies Become The Largest Foreign Investors and Revenue Generators in Russia

BRICS, China, Foreign Investment, Trade

The redistribution of foreign participation in the Russian market over the past two years has resulted in Chinese investors becoming the largest source of foreign investment into the country. In the first nine months of 2024, the number of Russian registered companies with Chinese equity increased by 32% over the same period in 2023, according

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Russia – Pakistan Port Traffic Volumes Double

Imports, Logistics & Transport, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Russia’s Minister of Transport, Roman Starovoit, and the Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk have met with the Pakistani Minister of Privatisation, Communications and Affairs of the Investment Council, Abdul Alim Khan, where the parties discussed issues of transport and logistics cooperation. During 2023, the volume of traffic between Russia and Pakistan doubled, and in the

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Russia – Azerbaijan 2024 Bilateral & Geopolitical Relations: Update  

Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Security, Trade

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with visiting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Moscow. The main focus of the meeting was the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process, with both sides working on the final conclusion of a peace treaty. They signed regulations on the joint activity of Armenian-Azerbaijani border delimitation commissions on August 30, 2024. Both

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Russia – Armenia 2024 Bilateral & Geopolitical Relations: Update

Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Security, Trade

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with visiting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Moscow, shortly after hosting Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev. The main focus of the meeting was the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process, with both sides working on the final conclusion of a peace treaty. They signed regulations on the joint activity of Armenian-Azerbaijani

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Russia – Abkhazia 2024 Bilateral & Geopolitical Relations: Update

Commonwealth of Independent States, Finance, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has held bilateral meetings with Sergey Shamba, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia. Abkhazia is a semi-recognised independent country that was formed in 1993. It had previously been  a province of neighbouring Georgia, however following mass civil unrest and Georgian military action against ethnic Abkhazians, Russian troops were

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Russia – South Ossetia 2024 Bilateral & Geopolitical Relations: Update

Commonwealth of Independent States, Finance, Logistics & Transport, Security, Trade

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has held bilateral meetings with Akhsar Dzhioev, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia. South Ossetia is a semi-recognised independent country that was formed in 1990, when the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, established by Soviet authorities in Moscow in 1922, declared independence from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

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