China boosted imports of chicken feet from Russia 10% year-on-year to 109,000 tons and 5% year-on-year to a value of US$327 million in 2025, according to data from China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC). This means that Russia became the world leader among exporters of this product to China in terms of revenue, surpassing Brazil […]
Russia has exported 19,900 tonnes of grain to Armenia via Azerbaijan since November, according to Azerbaijan’s Report news agency. The news is significant, as it illustrates that Azeri-Armenian logistics and supply chains are now operating normally after the two countries fought a war in 2023 that created significant damage. The conflict wasn’t resolved until 2024, […]
Russia increased exports of poultry meat and by-products 3.5-fold to values of over US$51 million in 2025 and 2.4-fold in weight terms to over 35,000 tonnes, according to the Russian Agroexport Federal Center. The main buyer was Benin, which imported US$21 million of the produce. The Democratic Republic of Congo purchased almost US$11 million, Ghana […]
Trade turnover between Belarus and Russia rose 5.6% in 2025, with trade in services showing even higher growth rates, the Belarusian Prime Minister Alexander Turchin stated on Monday (February 2). Turchin was in Moscow at a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Belarus Union State. He said that “Russia bolstered its status as […]
As global trade and supply chain routes face tectonic shifts driven by sanctions, war games, war threats, geopolitical realignments, and the fracturing of traditional maritime routes, Russia has embarked on an ambitious recalibration of its external connectivity architecture. This strategy extends beyond the historic east-west axes to embrace the Middle East’s Gulf ports as critical […]
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Russia is activating the launch of the Chennai–Vladivostok maritime corridor, which links the southeastern coast of India with the Russian Far East and gives importers and exporters a shorter logistics trajectory. The route can reduce delivery times to 24 days from 40+ on longer routes. For exporters, these provide a reduction in warehouse and financial […]
Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Russia, Gul Hassan, has made several statements concerning developments between Russia and Afghanistan and with the wide regional world. Speaking to media on Monday (February 2), he said that Afghanistan would resume participation with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and Kabul considers it appropriate to resume active participation in its work. Afghanistan […]
Commercial gold reserves at deposits in Russia grew by 614 tonnes in 2025, the Natural Resources Ministry has stated. At current (February 2026) prices for gold, these additional reserves are worth about US$97 billion. The top three deposits by reserves growth were the Fyodorovsko-Kedrovskoye deposit in Khakassia, with reserves of 21.7 tonnes of gold and […]
Russia’s Ezocm, a Yekaterinburg-based, non-ferrous metal processing company, is to enter the Vietnamese market, according to Denis Repin, its executive director. The Vietnamese market is of interest to the company due to the growing demand for products in the electronics, medical, and chemical industries, as well as a shortage of local production of high-purity metals, […]
The Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, at the Kremlin on Friday (January 30) in an unannounced high-level meeting. Larijani, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was appointed to his post last August. He previously visited Moscow in the summer following US airstrikes […]
Scientific organizations and business representatives from Russia and China have agreed to implement joint projects in scientific and technological support for the agricultural sector, in particular in pedigree poultry farming, the Russian Agriculture Ministry has stated. Agreements were signed during a visit in China by a Russian delegation led by the Agriculture Ministry’s advisor, Olga […]
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