Russia's Pivot to Asia

Russia To Start Exporting World’s Biggest Coking Coal Deposits To East Asia From 2025

Energy, Exports, Trade

Russia’s Elginskoye coal deposits are one of the world’s biggest coking coal deposits, with JORC-compliant reserves of about 2.2 billion tonnes. Located in Yakutia, the Elga coal company, which operates the mine, is also building a private, ‘Pacific Railway’ which will start operations in 2025, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was speaking at […]

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Grain Ship

Russia Expands Baltic Sea Ports Capacity To Reach Emerging African and LatAm Consumer Markets

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Despite the European Baltic Sea nations closing their operations to Russian shipping – at some cost to their throughput – Russia has been expanding its Baltic Port capacities to meet new markets in Africa and Latin America. This goes hand in hand with Russian plans to boost agricultural exports by 50% by 2030. Russia is

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Russia Equatorial Flags

Russia, Equatorial Guinea Hold Trade Development Talks

Africa, Energy, Trade

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has been holding discussions with the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, in Moscow. Equatorial Guineas currently holds the Presidency of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). The Kremlin said the agenda for the talks “includes prospects for the further development of Russian-Equatoguinean relations in various areas

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Sao Tome Port

Russia Plans Maritime Cooperation With Sao Tome & Principe On The West African Coast

Africa, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia is set to gain access to a key strategic naval port in the West African Atlantic Ocean through a bilateral cooperation agreement with the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe, located off mainland Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon.   A bill on the issue has been approved by a Russian government commission on legislative activity.

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Sahel

Russia signs Strategic Satellite Agreements with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

Africa, Infrastructure, Investment

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have agreed with Russia to acquire telecoms and surveillance satellites, in what is becoming a significant development in West Africa. According to Mali’s Finance Minister Aluseni Sanou, the telecoms vehicle is expected to provide television and radio broadcasting throughout the countries of the Sahel Alliance of States (ASG), internet and

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Kazakh-Russia Direct Passenger Rail Services To Resume

Commonwealth of Independent States, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

Passenger train services between Karaganda in Kazakhstan and Moscow will resume on December 17, 2024, after being suspended since 2020 due to covid, Russian Railways has announced. They stated that “The passenger service between Karaganda and Moscow will be reopened. Starting December 17, 2024, international express train No. 83/84 on the Karaganda-Moscow route will operate

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Russian trucks

Russia – Azerbaijan Overland Border Crossing Being Enlarged – Increases Throughput 12 Times

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The overland Tagirkent-Kazmalyar checkpoint on the border between Russia and Azerbaijan is to be upgraded and expanded, with plans to increase its vehicle throughput by 12 times. The Tagirkent-Kazmalyar crossing is a priority development project as it is a key access along the International North-South Transportation Corridor, (INSTC) which connects Russia south to markets in

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Russia Publishes List of ‘Destructive Countries’ – With Their Nationals Eligible For Russian Residency

Miscellaneous

Moscow has listed 47 countries, including some from Asia, whose “destructive attitudes” contradict Russian values, opening the path for nationals of these nations to seek asylum in Russia if they so choose. This follows the signing of a Presidential decree last month allowing foreigners who disagree with the “neoliberal” agenda pushed by their own governments

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Oil to China

Russia, Iran, Overtake Saudi Arabia and Iraq As Leading Oil Exporters To China

China, Energy, Trade

The Future Iraq Institute for Economic Research and Consulting has reported that Iraq and Saudi Arabia have lost their positions as the largest oil exporters to China due to purchasing incentives offered by Russia and Iran. According to the report, Russia captured 22% of China’s oil imports in August 2024, offering prices that were 6%

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