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Featured May 7, 2024

Russia Moves To Self-Sufficiency In Beer Production

The largest member companies in the Association of Beer, Malt and Beverage Producers (APP), together with partner farmers, have increased the sowing area for malting barley 6% this year to 240,700 hectares, a press release from the APP said. Farms in over 20 regions of Russia grow malting barley for APP members, predominantly in Altai, […]

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Featured May 7, 2024

Indian Imports Of Metallurgical Coal From Russia Grows To 21% Of Total

Imports of metallurgical coal from Russia have grown three-fold in the last three years to around 15.1 million tonnes in 2023-24 mainly due to lower prices – while the same imports from Australia have declined, according to Indian research firm Big Mint. Russia’s share in India’s metallurgical coal imports of 73.2 million tonnes has risen […]

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May 6, 2024

88% Of Iran-Eurasian Economic Union Bilateral Trade Expected To Be Tariff-Free

Kambiz Mirkarimi, a member of the board of directors of the Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce, has projected that over 88% of commodities exchanged between Iran and the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will soon be subject to zero tariffs within the next two months. This forecast comes amidst the facilitation of […]

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May 5, 2024

Russia To Invite BRICS Countries To Form An Independent Financial System

The Russian Ministry of Finance, together with the Central Bank and BRICS partners, will prepare a number of initiatives to create an independent international monetary and financial system. The result of this work may be, among other things, the creation of a digital settlement and payment platform “BRICS Bridge”. This was decided following a meeting […]

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May 4, 2024

Number of New Russian Exporters Grows 60% In Three Years As Asia Beckons

The support measures provided for by the Russian Export Centre (REC) to encourage Russian businesses to look at new markets in ‘friendly’ countries has significantly increased the number of non-resource exporting companies. Among the most promising areas according to the REC are agricultural sector, IT and telecommunications, and logistics. According to the Russian Ministry of […]

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May 4, 2024

First Russia-India Direct Agroexpress Train Sent From Chelyabinsk To Mumbai

The first fully-fledged Agroexpress train, carrying oat flakes and cereals has been sent from the Yuzhnouralsky Transport and Logistics Center in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region to India’s Mundra Port in Mumbai via the eastern route of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), the press service of the State Transport Leasing Company has announced. The Agroexpress route […]

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May 3, 2024

Why Europe Isn’t Keen On Sending Money Derived From Frozen Russian Assets To Ukraine

An on-going debate has been raging in the West about using frozen Russian capital – about US$282 billion, mostly belonging to the Bank of Russia – to generate funds to give to Ukraine. Of this money, about US$6 billion is held in the United States, with the vast majority being held in Europe. Opinions on […]

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May 3, 2024

Gas Down, Oil Up As Gazprom’s Euro Losses Are Offset By Asian Gains

The Western media has been somewhat gleefully announcing that Gazprom, Russia’s largest gas producer, have announced losses for the first time in 20 years. They are estimated to be in the red to the tune of US$6.9 billion for 2023 results. The company, which is headquartered in St.Petersburg, had built its business model largely on […]

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