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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela has expressed an interest in joining BRICS. In a meeting with Russian Ambassador Igor Martynov in Ouagadougou on Monday (September 24), he said that “Membership of the BRICS group would make it possible to challenge the domination of the dollar and the euro, and […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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% […]
A Russian consortium has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian government to restart operations at Nigeria’s Ajaokuta Steel Plant. The plant, together with Nigeria’s National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO), have been dormant for 42 years. The agreement was formalized during a recent visit to Moscow by Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, Nigeria’s […]
The Moscow World Food Trade Fair has been held this week, with senior officials from India’s Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), part of the Indian Ministry of Commerce, has said that the Russian market offers opportunities for Indian exporters across a wide range of categories, including whole grains, pulses, millets, processed […]
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