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Featured May 22, 2024

Laos Applies To Join The Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Update – August 14: Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s Security Council Secretary has reaffirmed Russia’s readiness to continue development and interaction between the Security Council of the Russian Federation and the Public Security Ministry of Laos, in meetings with Chansamone Chanyalath, the National Defense Minister of Laos, in Moscow. Laos, a member of the southeast ASEAN bloc, […]

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Featured May 22, 2024

Krasnoyarsk To Become Asian Airfreight Transit Hub

A new storage warehouse has opened in the cargo terminal at Krasnoyarsk Airport in southern Siberia, which will provide new logistical networks for the shipments of goods from the airport to Asia. The opening of the new warehouse at the cargo terminal took place on Tuesday (May 21), the airport said on social media. The […]

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May 22, 2024

Vietnam Dairy To Invest In Livestock Farming & Milk Production In Primorsky Krai

Vietnam’s TH Group has begun construction of a livestock complex for a total population of 10,000 cows in the Yakovlevsky district of Primorsky Krai (Province) with commissioning scheduled for 2027, the Russian Far East and Arctic Development Corporation has reported. The project is being implemented by TH Rus Primorsky LLC, a resident of the Mikhailovsky […]

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May 22, 2024

Russia Looking To Revive South African Gas Refinery

South Africa’s PetroSA and Russia’s Gazprombank are currently investigating the feasibility of restarting operations at South Africa’s gas-to-liquid (GTL) fuel plant in Mossel Bay in South Africa’s Western Cape. PetroSA spokeswoman Nonny Mashika-Dennison has said that all factors affecting the viability of restarting operations at the refinery were being considered as part of a comprehensive […]

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May 21, 2024

Russia, Vietnam, Launch Direct Rail Service Via China

FESCO, Russia’s largest transport company , and Vietnam’s Ratraco have signed a cooperation agreement that will introduce the launch of regular direct railway services between Russia and Vietnam through China. FESCO stated in a press release that “We signed a cooperation agreement in Hanoi with the Vietnamese logistics operator Ratraco, within the framework of which […]

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May 20, 2024

Russia’s Trade With Islamic Countries Up 30%

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin has stated that Russia’s trade turnover with the member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 2023 increased by 30% in 2023. He was speaking at the 2024 KazanForum “Russia & the Islamic World.” “Thanks to this event, we have become even closer with our colleagues – […]

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May 20, 2024

Putin-Xi, May 2024 Russia-China Summit – Announced Deals

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, visited Beijing and Harbin, China last week to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and discuss multiple issues concerning trade and mutual development. In Harbin, Putin attended the China-Russia Expo. In this article, we summarise the meetings, and discuss the numerous announced deals and developments.     Overall Impact The overall impact […]

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May 19, 2024

Russia’s New Atom Electric Vehicle 

While China has been making all the technology running with its Electric Vehicles (EV) industry, the United States and European auto manufacturers have been left behind – mainly due to the US oil industry which has been slow to popularise non-oil fuel products. That tech gap has led the United States to place a 100% […]

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May 19, 2024

Putin To Visit North Korea

Preparations for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea are ongoing, according to Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un invited Putin to visit his country when he travelled to Russia in September. It was reported earlier that the countries would work to set a time for Putin’s trip. Any trip […]

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May 18, 2024

Russia, India To Discuss Visa Free Tourism

Moscow and New Delhi plan to start negotiations in June on potential visa-free travel for tourist groups, with a view to striking a bilateral deal by the end of the year, Nikita Kondratyev, director multilateral cooperation at the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, has said. ”The process regarding group visa-free travel has progressed. The Indian […]

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May 17, 2024

Russian and European Intellects Are Moving Apart

Recent speeches and comments made by several Russian politicians and academics reveal that Russian society is moving away from its European counterparts and subsequently developing a separate character. We have already featured comments made by Russia’s new defense Minister, Andrei Belousov as well as Russian intellectual Aleksander Dugin in which both mention recent differences in […]

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