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Featured January 23, 2025

Russia – Azerbaijan Bilateral Trade Up 10.1% In 2024

Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia rose 10.1% year-on-year to nearly US$4.8 billion in 2024, Azerbaijan’s State Customs Committee (SCC) has stated. This places Russia third among Azerbaijan’s foreign trade partners after Italy and Turkey. The volume of Azerbaijan’s exports to Russia decreased 1.5% year-on-year to US$1.178 billion. Exports to Russia accounted for 4.4% of […]

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Featured January 23, 2025

Russia’s Altai Territory Exports Of Plant-Based Products To Asia Increase

Farmers in Russia’s Altai Territory exported 2.26 million tonnes of plant-based products in 2024, to 45 countries. Shipments increased to China, Mongolia, Belarus, Afghanistan and Armenia, and began trade relations with Zimbabwe, Guinea, Bangladesh and the Central African Republic, the Altai branch of the Russian Grain Quality Assessment Center, part of the Federal Service for […]

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January 22, 2025

2025 Russia-China Presidential Visits Confirmed As Putin & Xi Discuss Trade and Development

The Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by video conference on Tuesday (January 21). Xi was invited to attend the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9, while Putin was invited to China’s events to commemorate the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan in Beijing on September 3. The talks […]

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January 21, 2025

Russia’s Fast Payment System Via Phone Set To Expand Into The Global South 

Russia’ Fast Payment System (SBP), in which banks will accept money transfers by phone number is rapidly developing and has now expanded to include nine countries: Abkhazia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The number of foreign banks accepting money through the SBP by phone number is also growing, with 50 now […]

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January 21, 2025

EAEU Members Complete Procedures For An Iran Free Trade Agreement

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states have completed the procedures needed for the entry into effect of the free trade agreement with Iran, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has stated to Andrei Slepnev, the EEC’s Trade Minister. Slepnev himself stated that “Currently, the procedures necessary for the entry into force of the free trade […]

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January 20, 2025

Russia, UAE Finalise Double Tax Agreement To Commence 1st January 2026

Russia and the United Arab Emirates have concluded the final round of negotiations on and initialled the draft of a new Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) on income and capital and to help prevent tax evasion. DTA provisions typically protect tax payers from being taxed twice for the same income, such as a Russian national working […]

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January 20, 2025

Syria Bans Russian Imports 

Syria’s Transitional Administration has announced a new decree banning the importation of goods from Russia as well as Iran and Israel. This decision comes after the Syrian government had also imposed restrictions on the entry of citizens from Iran and Israel. This ban will be enforced at all land and sea border points in the […]

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January 20, 2025

Mongolia Runs Into Budgetary Problems With Russian Road & Rail Connectivity

Mongolia’s 2025 budget has run out of money to repair access roads to its largest border crossing with Russia. Eight road projects, including the repair of the highway from the largest automobile border crossing at Altanbulag on the border with Russia, were excluded from Mongolia’s budget for 2025. Altanbulag is the largest automobile checkpoint on […]

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