The trade turnover of fish products between Russia and Vietnam reached US$212.4 million in value during 8M 2025, almost equal to the figure for the same period last year. The relevant private businesses of both countries operating in this sphere are now intensifying cooperation to expand this trade. According to the Russian Fisheries Association (VARPE), […]
Trump-Putin Budapest Summit: October 22 Update The planned summit between Presidents Trump and Putin in Budapest, tentatively scheduled for October 30th, has been reported as postponed in leading Western media outlets, although Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special economic envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, has denied the reports. Dmitriev stated that “Media is twisting the comment about the ‘immediate […]
Russia has overtaken its rivals to become Europe’s largest cryptocurrency market by transaction volume, according to data from Singapore’s blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. In a report released on Thursday (October 16), Chainalysis said that from July 2024 to June 2025, Russia received US$376 billion in crypto value—up from US$256.5 billion a year earlier and surpassing […]
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has held discussions in Moscow with Nasser Bourita, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Morocco. They had also met last month in New York. Lavrov had this to say: “We reiterated mutual firm commitment to continuing joint work aimed at further strengthening the traditionally friendly and […]
The Russian‑Indian joint venture company Kinet has showcased the first design of a new high‑speed sleeper coach at the International Railway Equipment Exhibition in New Delhi. Kinet is a joint venture between Russian rolling stock companies and Indian government-owned Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for the manufacturing and maintenance of 120 Indian ‘Vande Bharat’ high-speed […]
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A tunnel crossing the Bering Strait, connecting the Russian Far East and Alaska, would take less than eight years to build, at a cost of about US$8 billion, according to Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). Dmitriev was educated at Harvard and worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has been holding talks in the Kremlin with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the President of Syria, who is in Russia on a working visit. While Russia was close to the previous Assad regime, relations between Moscow and Damascus have always been friendly, Putin told al-Sharaa. He said that in its relations with […]
The Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman, as co-chairs of the Russia-Saudi Arabia Intergovernmental Commission, have discussed current issues of interaction in key sectors of the economy. The Russian government’s press service said that “special attention was paid to cooperation in the energy sector. Deputy PM Novak […]
The Russian Agroexport federal center has said that Russia aims to increase grain exports, primarily wheat, to Indonesia, and the free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Indonesia, which will be signed at the end of 2025, will open up significant opportunities for this. According to Agroexport, this year Russia exported around […]
The Namibian President, Ndemupelila Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has been speaking about her country’s path to independence (from colonial Germany and then South Africa) and said that Russia and Namibia have a history “based in true partnership.” It’s a history that’s based in solidarity, and it’s a history that comes with what one did not even expect. […]
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held his annual meeting on Monday (October 13th) with the heads of the four diplomatic missions of the Caspian states. In attendance were Azerbaijani Ambassador Rahman Mustafayev, Iranian Ambassador Kazem Jalali, Kazakh Ambassador Dauren Abayev, and Turkmen Ambassador Esen Aidogdyev. The meeting was also attended by G.B. Karasin, Chairman […]
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