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Featured November 5, 2024

The US Rules Based 2024 Presidential Election Order Compared With China, Russia, and the BRICS

As everyone knows, the United States is currently holding its Presidential elections, with the voting population evenly split. No one seems able to make a prediction. Analysts are unable to analyse, some fearful of ‘getting it wrong’ – with political repercussions to follow – and therefore building in a closer contest in polls. National newspapers, […]

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Featured November 5, 2024

Russia’s FESCO Shipping Increases Novorossiysk-India Ports TEU Volumes By 57 Times In 2024 

Russia’s FESCO (Far Eastern Shipping Company) Transport Group shipped over 11,500 TEU between the ports of India and Novorossiysk in the first nine months of 2024 as part of its Indian Line West Marine service, according to German Maslov, Vice President of FESCO’s logistics division has said: “Our transportation volume has increased many times, 57 […]

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November 4, 2024

Russia At COP29 – Moving Carbon Regulation To Asian Standards

Russia’s pivot to Asia isn’t just about asset re-distribution, shifting supply chains, and new consumers, it is also affecting Russia’s regulatory environment, some of which will impact environmental cooperation with the European Union.   An example is carbon regulation in Russia, which has been focused on Western markets but is now turning towards Asia. These conclusions […]

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November 3, 2024

Jaguar Land Rover LLC Becomes A Moscow-Owned Company

The assets of the British-based auto group Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)’s Russian subsidiary, Jaguar Land Rover LLC, have been acquired by a company belonging to its senior Russian managers, according to information in the Russian Unified State Register of Legal Entities. The deal was closed on October 31. VSKD Motors LLC, registered in Moscow at […]

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November 3, 2024

Rosatom Bidding For Turkiye’s Second Nuclear Power Plant

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that both Russia and Türkiye will benefit if Rosatom, the state-owned nuclear power contractor, is successful in its bid to construct the planned Sinop Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) on Türkiye’s Black Sea coast. Rosatom is currently constructing Turkiye’s first NPP at Akkuyu.  Lavrov commented in an interview with […]

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November 3, 2024

Saudi Arabia Gets Foothold Into Russia’s Agricultural Market

Saudi Arabia’s Salic (Saudi Agricultural & Livestock Investment) has gained control over several Russian agricultural assets through its purchase of Singapore’s Olam Agri, the Russian Union of Grain Exporters and Producers has said. The main asset is the Azov Grain Terminal. Eduard Zernin, the Union CEO, stated “Without exaggeration, this is a landmark deal which […]

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November 2, 2024

Sri Lanka Considering Medical JV With Russia’s Binnopharm

Russia’s Binnopharm Group, owned by AFK Sistema, and members of a Sri Lankan delegation have been discussing options for interaction and international cooperation in the pharmaceutical sector. Binnopham produces around 300 pharmaceutical products and is a major antibiotics producer in Russia. Approximately 35% of its medicines are produced in a full cycle from the company’s […]

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November 2, 2024

Kazakhstan To Import 500,000 Tonnes of Bitumen From Russia

Kazakhstan plans to import 500,000 tonnes of bitumen from Russia this year and determine imports for 2025, according to the Kazakh Ministry of Energy. Bitumen is commonly used in the construction industry. The average price is about US$500 a tonne. Kazakhstan’s annual demand is about 1 million tonnes, with the country capable of producing 1.2 […]

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November 1, 2024

New Israel Port Haifa – Novorossiysk Shipping Service Launched

Russia’s multimodal transport operator Ruscon, part of the Delo Group, is launching a regular service for delivering consolidated cargo from Israel to Russia, the company has stated. Goods will be consolidated at warehousing in the Haifa Port, then shipped in large containers to Ruscon’s Delo Group’s marine terminal in Novorossiysk. Cargo will be deconsolidated at […]

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November 1, 2024

Russia’s 2024 IPO Market Booms With The Average 5 Times Over-Subscribed 

During this year, a long-awaited IPO boom has occurred in the Russian market. In less than a year, 14 new issuers placed their shares on the open market, and another began collecting applications — the best result since 2007. Driving this are institutional investors, but increasingly private investors are also now involved. For 2025, Russian […]

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