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Featured November 14, 2024

New Russian Rail Digital Container Terminal To China Being Constructed

Russian Railways are to build another railway container terminal on the border with China at the Zabaikalsk / Manzhouli border checkpoint, according to the Russian Far East and Arctic Development Corporation. It will be able to process up to 250,000 digital containers (DFE) per year and will contribute to the increase in cargo flows on […]

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Featured November 14, 2024

Russia To Develop Agriculture & Fertilizer Export Trade With India

The Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister Maxim Titov has been involved this week in the Russian-Indian intergovernmental committee in New Delhi and has commented on Russia’s agricultural export market with India. He stated that “Trade in agricultural products between Russia and India grew by more than 50% in the first nine months of 2024, and Russia […]

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November 14, 2024

Northern Sea Route Freight Transit Increases 40% In 2024 

International cargo transit along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has already reached a volume of 3 million tonnes, exceeding 2023’s figures by 40%, according to Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom. He was speaking during the launching ceremony of Russia’s latest nuclear icebreaker, “Chukotka”. The vessel is Russia’s fifth nuclear-powered icebreaker, with Russia the only […]

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November 14, 2024

Oman and Qatar Want To Join The North-South Transport Corridor

Oman and Qatar are interested in expanding the North-South International Transport Corridor (ITC), the multimodal supply chain route that stretches from Russia’s Caspian Sea coast to Iran and onto South Asia. Marat Zembatov, a member of the Russian-Omani Business Council at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia, and a member of the transport […]

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November 13, 2024

Libya Interested In Joining BRICS

Libya has expressed interest in joining the BRICS group, according to Taher al-Bawr, the Acting Foreign Minister has said in an interview at the First Russia-Africa Ministerial Conference. Al-Bawar said that “We are interested in joining, but joining is a guarantee of the value, the benefit that Libya can receive from joining the association. In […]

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November 13, 2024

Russia To Simplify Foreign Tourism Visa Access To The Russian Far East  

The Russian government and relevant authorities should simplify the possibility for foreign tourists to enter regions of the Russian Far East, President Vladimir Putin has said, in assignments given at the conclusion of meetings with Russian officials during the recent Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. The Russian State Cabinet, together with the Foreign Ministry, the […]

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November 13, 2024

Russia, Iran Connect National Financial Settlement Networks

Russia and Iran have completed the pairing of their national payment systems, which will allow travelers from the two countries to use their domestic debit cards for purchases in either Iran or Russia. Both countries are currently suspended from the SWIFT international payments system, with the non-SWIFT pairing of Russia and Iran significant as it […]

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November 12, 2024

Russia, India Working On Addressing Trade Imbalance, While Wanting To Boost Bilateral Trade To US$100 Billion

In a push to deepen India-Russia ties, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov and India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will co-chair the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical, and Cultural Cooperation (IGC-TEC) meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday (November 12) in an event announced by the Russian embassy. The two sides will focus […]

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November 12, 2024

Russia Bilateral Relations With Madagascar, Togo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Burundi, Guinea and Namibia: 2024 Updates

Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, held several bilateral one-on-one meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Madagascar, Togo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Burundi, Guinea and Namibia on the sidelines of the first Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum. The meetings took place in Sochi, between November 8 – 11. We provide a brief introduction to […]

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November 11, 2024

The Russia-Africa Partnership Forum: Ministerial Level Conference 

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has attended the Foreign Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum which has just finished in Sochi. Giving the plenary speech yesterday (Sunday, November 10) Lavrov introduced a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ as part of a package of agreements with numerous African countries attending the event. He stated that Russia […]

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November 11, 2024

Russia – Kazakhstan – CSTO: 2024 Security and Trade Relations – Update & Analysis

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has been in Astana, Kazakhstan, meeting with the Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and the Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu. Following these meetings, Lavrov held a press conference during which he discussed several issues relating to a planned visit by President Putin to attend the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), as […]

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