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Russia Introduces Tax Incentives To Increase Arctic Geological Exploration & Extraction

Energy, Infrastructure, Investment, Russian Market

Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources plans to propose introducing a 1.5 multiplier for calculating profit tax for geological exploration in onshore Arctic and Far East territories, according to Alexander Kozlov, the natural resources minister. He was speaking at a State Duma session dedicated to the socioeconomic and infrastructure development of the Arctic. The use of […]

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World’s Third Largest Rare Earths Deposits Restructured Under Russia’s Rosneft

Infrastructure, Investment, Russian Market

Russia’s Rosneft has acquired Vostok Engineering LLC, which holds the license for the Tomtor rare and rare-earth metals (REM) deposits in Yakutia. Tomtor is one of the world’s three biggest REM deposits and is one of the richest in the world in terms of REM content in ore, as well as the world’s largest niobium

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Joint Russia-Kazakhstan, China Contractor-Built Synthetic Rubber Plant To Target Asian EV Tires Demand

China, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Investment

A joint project of Russia’s Tatneft and Kazakhstan’s Samruk-Kazyna wealth fund to build a butadiene plant is to begin its investment phase in July 2025, with China Tianchen Engineering Corporation as its contractor, the Kazakhstan government’s press service has said. Butadiene is a colorless gas and a crucial industrial chemical primarily used to produce synthetic

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Russia To Sanctions-Proof Republic Of Congo Pipeline Investment

Africa, Energy, Infrastructure, Investment, Trade

Russia hopes to establish a sanctions-proof channel for the supply of petroleum products by building a petroleum product pipeline in the Congo and also to gain the status of a strategic partner in ensuring the energy security of the entire region, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Dmitry Islamov has stated to the State Duma. Islamov was

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Russia Exports To Laos On Track For Significant 2025 Increases

Agriculture, Asia, Exports, Trade

Illustrating that Russian producers and exporters are gaining more ground in their new-found attitude to seeking out new exports markets, Russia exported over 180 tonnes of canned sardines, sprats and Baltic herring worth nearly US$500,000 to Laos this year to date, according to the Agroexport Federal Centre. This marks Russia’s first ever shipment of canned

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China Wants More Russian Oil Supplies Via Kazakhstan

China, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Infrastructure

China has suggested that Russia boost oil supplies via Kazakhstan by 2.5 million tonnes per year, and Russia is ready to do this, according to Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. He was speaking about the protocol on amendments to the intergovernmental agreement approved by the Russian government. Novak clarified that “This is a proposal

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Russian Transactions On Belarus Commodity Exchange Reaches Record Highs

Exports, Finance, Trade

The value of transactions on the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) conducted by Belarusian and Russian producers increased 3.4-fold in 2024, while it grew 20% year-on-year in January-April 2025, according to Herman Puzyrny, the deputy head of BUCE’s Foreign Economic Activity Department. Puzyrny said that “Russia traditionally ranks first in trade volume among all countries

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Russia Launches 100-Car Container Train Service

Asia, Exports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market

Russia’s RZD Logistics, in cooperation with Russian Railways (RZD) and partner company Transit, has dispatched the first 100-car container train from the inland Yuzhny Port, an industrial trade zone serviced by the Lyublino-Sortirovochnoye station near Moscow. The train is en route to Khabarovsk-2 station in the Russian Far East and has a scheduled transit time

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Russia Expands North Caucasus International Airport

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market

Russia opened a new terminal at Mineralnye Vody International Airport. All domestic flights are now serviced in the new terminal. Mineralnye Vody is located in the Stavropol Territory in the North Caucasus on the Kuma River and the main railway line between Rostov-on-Don and Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. It is the largest aviation hub

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Russia, Islamic Trade & Services Showing Dynamic Growth

Africa, Asia, Exports, Imports, Trade

The Russia-Islamic World International Economic Forum has now finished, with Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin attending. The event was held in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan and itself a majority Muslim region of Russia. In his summarizing remarks, Khusnullin said that “Developing ties with Islamic states is one of the priorities of Russia’s foreign

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