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Featured December 29, 2025

Chinese Ambassador To Russia: 2025 Year-End Interview

The Chinese Ambassador to Russia, Zhang Hanhui, has been interviewed in Russian media, commenting on numerous bilateral issues, including the joint development of hi-tech products, cross-border finance, joint aircraft manufacturing, tourism, and the prospects of a joint lunar base.  This is what he had to say: Q: “Russian-Chinese cooperation has broad prospects in the field […]

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Featured December 29, 2025

Georgia’s Military Highway To Russia Undergoing Significant Expansion

Georgia’s Mtskheta–Stepantsminda–Lars Highway, also known as the Military Road, is undergoing a large-scale modernization, including a 27 km high-speed section and numerous new bridges. The Georgian government is spending about 1.2 billion lari (US$450 million) in upgrades, which includes the construction of the longest arch bridge in the country and a strategically important tunnel, with […]

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December 29, 2025

Development Of Northern Latitudinal Railway Suspended For Three Years

Russian Vice-Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev has stated that work on the proposed Northern Latitudinal Railway (NLR) is to be suspended for three years. The financing required, estimated at ₽800 billion (US$10.2 billion) has not yet been arranged, while the implementation deadlines and needs for the project have already shifted. A pause will allow the development […]

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December 28, 2025

Moscow Wins Big In MICE Development for BRICS and the Global South

The 3rd Meet Global MICE Congress (MGMC) 2025 took place on December 17–18 in Moscow, under the theme “Unity through Open Diversity: New Opportunities for Global Growth”, It showcases that Russia is positioning itself as a central node in the evolving architecture of Global South trade, investment flows, and business mobility, with the theme underscoring […]

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December 28, 2025

Vladivostok-Macau Direct Flights Now Available

Direct flights between Vladivostok and Macau have begun, in a new service operated by Cambodian Airlines. Flights operate three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays) using an Airbus A320neo. The approximate flight time is 5 hours. Macau is a Special Administrative Region of China, and is well known as a centre for gambling and […]

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December 27, 2025

Sberbank Tests Loan Secured By CryptoCurrency Assets

Sberbank has conducted a pilot loan secured by cryptocurrency mined by Russia’s Intelion Data, the bank has said. Sberbank used its own Rutoken cryptocurrency storage solution in the transaction, which guarantees the asset’s safety during the loan period. Intelion is an active participant in formulating the regulations and development guidelines for Russia’s industrial crypto mining […]

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December 27, 2025

Russia’s Institute Of Subtropical Crops To Produce Tropical Fruits For Domestic Consumption

The Russian Academy for the Development of Subtropical Agriculture has produced its first crop of papaya fruits from its experimental greenhouses, according to Andrei Platonov, the academy’s general director. Platonov said that “in the academy’s first greenhouse, in Abkhazia, active papaya fruiting is currently taking place. As part of an international project, the academy has […]

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December 26, 2025

Russian Supplies Of Gas To Central Asia Up 20% In 2025

Supplies of Russian gas to consumers in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan) grew 20% in 2025, according to Alexei Miller, the Gazprom Management Board Chairman. He was speaking when summing up preliminary results for the year. Miller stated that Gazprom continues to develop its cooperation with Central Asian countries. An agreement was signed to […]

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December 26, 2025

Russia Finances World’s First Cross-Border Cable Car Project 

The Russian State Development Corporation, VEB.RF, has provided the first tranche of ₽211 million (US$2.8 million) of a ₽17 billion (US$215 million) project for constructing a cable car between Blagoveshchensk in the Amur region and Heihe in China. It will become the world’s first cross-border cable car crossing, with immigration facilities on both sides. A […]

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December 26, 2025

Russian Exporters Aiming For 10-15% Of Philippines Pork Consumer Market

Russian pork producers, who have gained the right to export their products to the Philippines, expect to capture 10%-15% of that country’s imported pork market in the future. Sergei Yushin, the head of Russia’s National Meat Association has stated that “Currently, only seven Russian enterprises are certified to supply pork to the Philippines. We are […]

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