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Featured May 29, 2024

Russia To Built Massive Solar Energy Power Plant In Mali

The wind energy division of Russia’s energy giant Rosatom, NovaWind, has begun construction of a 200 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Mali, according to Bintu Kamara, Mali’s Energy and Water Resources Minister. The US$217 million project will increase electricity production in Mali by 10%. The facility, which will extend over 314 hectares of land […]

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Featured May 28, 2024

Russia’s Ministry of Trade Incentivizes Non-Energy Export Trade To The Global South

The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade is preparing updates for what will be a national directive under the banner “International Cooperation and Export” where the main emphasis will be on the reorientation of non-resource, non-energy exports to countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. The updated national project will be operational until 2030 […]

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May 28, 2024

Russia, Uzbekistan, To Triple Bilateral Trade, Agree On Nuclear Power Plant 

Russia and Uzbekistan have agreed to triple their bilateral trade volumes with a goal of reaching US$30 billion by 2030. In addition, Russia’s Atomstroyexport JSC has signed a contract with the Uzbekistan Directorate for Nuclear Power Plant Construction to build a low-capacity nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan’s Jizzakh region. The decisions follow meetings in Tashkent […]

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May 27, 2024

Russia, CIS and Uzbekistan Expanding Trade Corridors

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) held Ministerial-level meetings last week, followed by Russian President Vladimir Putin flying to Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Sunday (May 26) for talks with Uzbekistan’s President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The CIS includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. CIS members are set to enter a new agreement on free […]

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May 27, 2024

Russian Manufacturing Reconstruction In The Donbass

Russia is now planning reconstruction of industrial sites in the Donbass following moves into the area after previous heavy fighting. These plans are rarely, if ever, reported in Western media.  However, assessments and reconstruction plans are being carried out throughout the Donbass region, according to Denis Pushilin, the Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic.   In […]

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May 26, 2024

CIS Trade Up Two-Thirds Since 2020

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has stated that trade turnover in the Commonwealth of Independent States(CIS) gained two thirds over the past four years. This year Russia chairs the CIS, he noted, adding that Moscow considers completion of the plan of action to implement the first stage of the Commonwealth’s economic development strategy through the […]

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May 25, 2024

EAEU, Mongolia Trade Can Grow 25%

Maxim Vasiliev, Russia’s Trade Representative with Mongolia has suggested that the Mongolian government has linked its future economic growth to the successful signing of a Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). He was speaking at the economic conference “Prospects for the development of trade, economic and investment cooperation between Mongolia and the […]

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May 24, 2024

Russia, India Discuss Nuclear Power Projects

Aleksey Likhachev, the Director-General of Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, and Ajit Kumar Mohanty, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, have discussed expanding cooperation in nuclear energy in India, according to Rosatom. Likhachev and Mohanty, held talks during a Russian nuclear site visit in Seversk, Tomsk Region on Thursday (May 23). […]

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May 23, 2024

Russia’s Trade Turnover With Central Asia Reached US$44 billion In 2023

Mikhail Galuzin, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, has stated that the total volume of trade turnover with Central Asia in 2023 exceeded US$44 billion, representing 33% of all foreign trade of the Central Asian states. Meanwhile, the use of mutual currency settlements in this trade in national currencies of Russia with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has […]

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May 23, 2024

Algeria Applies To Join The Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Algeria will become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) after obtaining dialogue partner and subsequent observer status, after Algiers applied to become a dialogue partner of the SCO on Tuesday (May 21). The SCO, which accounts for some 20% of global GDP, was founded in 2001 by […]

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