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Thailand’s Media Looks For Russian Experience In Handling Disinformation

The experience of Russian journalists and mass media is valuable for Thailand, with Moscow and Bangkok having significant potential for cooperation in media, according to Sudruetai Lertkasem, the Director-General of the Thai Government Public Relations Department. She was speaking at the 23rd General Conference of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD). Lertkasem said “Given […]

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Russia Building High Speed Trains And Railway Line For India

Exports, Imports, India, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport

Russia is helping India to build high speed electric trains, according to Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov after talks with his counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow. Russia is looking at collaborating with India on train manufacturing, potentially for export back to Russia, the CIS countries, and Africa. Russia’s Transmashholdings (TMH) is the Russian interested party,

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Russia Resumes Grain & Fertilizer Exports To Sierra Leone

Africa, Agriculture, Exports, Trade

The prospects for supplies of Russian grain and fertilizers to Sierra Leone have been discussed during a meeting between specialists from the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) and Sierra Leonean First Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Theresa Dick. The meeting took place in Freetown and was a continuation of a June

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Another EU Listed Company To Re-Domicile To Russia

Economy, Finance, Russian Market, Trade

Cian plc, the holding company of the Cian classifieds real estate advertising services company, has filed a request with the Cypriot regulator for redomiciliation to Russia on August 18, the company has stated. Cian’s shareholders approved the redomiciliation of the legal entity in spring this year. The redomiciliation of Cian plc involves the subsequent automatic

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China – Shanghai Cooperation Organisation TIR Truck Use Increases

Central Asia, China, Eurasian Economic Union, Imports, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

The number of trucks being utilized under the TIR system (International Road Transport) from the China-SCO Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Demonstration Zone in Qingdao, to SCO countries has increased by 134.3% in 7M 2025 compared to last year, according to the zone. The value of goods transported by these vehicles also increased, amounted to

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Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan Complete Transition To Digital Transport Documents

Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market, Trade

Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan have completed the transition to digital transport documents, according to Bakytzhan Sagintayev, the Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has said. According to 2024 data, the volume of cargo transportation using electronic documents between Russia and Belarus reached 90%, and between Russia and Kazakhstan, 79%. Test shipments are also being

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Russian Agricultural Exports To Turkmenistan Up 16% In 7M 2025

Agriculture, Central Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Exports

Russia exported agricultural products to Turkmenistan worth more than US$110 million in 7M 2025, up 16% compared to the figure for the same period last year, according to the Russian Agroexport federal center. In physical terms, exports exceeded 125,000 tonnes. The trends in exports were not provided. Russia exports fat-and-oil, meat, and dairy products, fish,

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The Eurasian Economic Union: A Key Part of China’s Belt & Road Initiative

China, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Imports, Russia's Belt & Road, Trade

The alignment of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is boosting connectivity across Eurasia and creating new opportunities for regional development, according to Kyrgyz economist Iskender Sharsheev. His comments came as the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, an EAEU body, met in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul region last Thursday and Friday (August 14/15).

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Russia’s Maritime Board Reconfigures the Transarctic Transport Corridor

Asia, China, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market, Trade

The Maritime Board of Russia, which celebrates one year since its establishment on August 13, 2025, is focusing its work on the implementation of strategic international transport projects—the Transarctic Transport Corridor (TTC) and the North-South International Transport Corridor (ITC), according to Nikolai Patrushev, Assistant to the President and Chairman of the Board. Patrushev said that

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Russian Sunflower Oil Exports To Turkiye Increase 17% in 7M 2025

Agriculture, Exports, Middle East

Russian exports of sunflower oil to Turkiye increased 17% in volume terms, reaching over 560,000 tonnes worth US$640 million in January-July 2025, according to the Russian Agroexport Federal Centre. Turkiye ranks second among the top importers of Russian sunflower oil. The top three buyers also include Iran in first place and India in third. Russia

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