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Russian Summer 2025 Outbound Tourist Volumes Expected To Increase 24.8%

Outbound tourism from Russia may reach some 6.4 million this coming summer, which is a 24.8% increase from last year, the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) said on Friday (May 30). Artur Muradyan, vice president of ATOR for international tourism, said that “The early booking of summer vacations is almost twice as successful this […]

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May 31, 2025

Russia Wants To Restart RICS Security Dialogue With China & India

Moscow is interested in resuming dialogue on security issues within the framework of the RIC (Russia-India-China), format, said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ‘Eurasian International Public and Political Hearings on the Formation of an Equal and Indivisible Security and Cooperation Architecture in Eurasia’ conference in Perm on Thursday. (May 29).  Lavrov emphasized Russia’s “sincere […]

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May 30, 2025

Russia and Qatar Look To Develop Middle East Agri-Industrial Hub

Russia and Qatar are discussing the creation of an agro-industrial hub in Qatar, and work on the project is ongoing, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has stated. If specific agreements are reached, the initiative could open up new export opportunities for Russian producers. In 2024, exports of meat and edible by-products from Russia […]

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May 30, 2025

UAE Investors Plan to Purchase More Equity in Belarus’ Largest Bank

Soven 1 Holding (UAE), the majority shareholder of Belarus’s Priorbank, plans to buy out the Belarus State Property Committee equity of 6.31% of the bank’s shares. The decision is of interest as it implies there is significant unrealized value in shares of businesses operating in sanctioned countries and that there are investors prepared to take […]

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May 30, 2025

Russia Proposes New Eurasian Security System That Includes Some EU Nations

Russia has been holding security discussions in Moscow with multiple countries and has proposed that as Russia is now actively involved in the process of forming a new Eurasian security structure, several European countries should become part of any new Eurasian security system, according to Alexander Grushko, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister. Russia believes that […]

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May 29, 2025

Sberbank To Issue Bonds Tied To Crypto Values

Russia’s Sberbank is developing structured bonds whose yields will be tied to cryptocurrency price movements, according to Sberbank Executive Board Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov. He said that “In the near future, we will present investors with a product that provides convenient and secure exposure to cryptocurrency assets – without direct ownership of cryptocurrencies, while fully […]

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