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Russia’s Pivot To Asia – 2025 Guide To North Africa

Africa, Agriculture, BRICS, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Security, Trade

Russia’s Pivot To Asia have published our 2025 Guide to North Africa, which discusses Russia’s geopolitical, trade and investment trends with Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia. North Africa is a key development region offering much potential for Russia as it transitions away from its colonial-era towards a more definitive North African and global […]

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Russian Agricultural Exports To Egypt Up 20% In 2024  

Africa, Agriculture, BRICS, Exports, Middle East, Trade

Russia boosted exports of agricultural products 20% year-on-year to over $3 billion to Egypt in 2024, the Agriculture Ministry’s Agroexport center has said, citing preliminary expert estimates. The main export product was wheat, accounting for 84% of all deliveries. Sunflower oil at 13%, soybean oil at 2%, and dried lentils and chickpeas under 1% each

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Russia’ Agricultural Industry Adapts To Middle East Export Market Requirements

Africa, Agriculture, Exports, Regulatory, Trade

Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) has said it has introduced a colouring procedure for wheat intended for export in accordance with the requirements of customers from several countries.   The first colouring procedure was carried out at Vysotsky port in the Leningrad region, with a batch of 28,000 tonnes of wheat destined

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Zimbabwe To Develop Nuclear Power With Russia

Africa, Energy, Investment, Russia's Belt & Road

Zimbabwe is working with the International Atomic Energy Agency and Russian investors to establish nuclear energy as part of its efforts to end the country’s chronic power shortages, government officials have stated.  Edgar Moyo, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Energy and Power Development, has said that the government was working to establish nuclear power station as part

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The United States Bilateral Trade With The BRICS: Country By Country Analysis

Africa, Asia, BRICS, China, India, Latin America, Middle East, Trade

The United States President, Donald Trump, has stated on his social media account that he intends to place 100% tariffs on all imports into the United States from BRICS countries if they discontinue using the US dollar in their multilateral trade relations and revert to using their own currencies. In this article we examine the

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Russia Algeria

Russia-Algeria 2025 Diplomatic, Trade, and Security Updates 

Africa, Agriculture, BRICS, Energy, Trade

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev met with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday (January 29) to discuss the increasing bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The talks, aimed at boosting ties in several sectors, including finance, energy, and agriculture, are part of Patrushev’s working visit to Algiers. The meeting came on the same day

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Russia’s VTB Bank To Expand International Financial Transfer Services Into Africa, LatAm and Asia 

Africa, BRICS, Commonwealth of Independent States, Finance, Infrastructure, Investment, Latin America, Trade

Russia’s VTB bank plans to expand its services geography in providing international transfers in national currencies during 2025 by adding new countries in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia, the Russian state bank’s deputy CEO, Georgy Gorshkov has stated. VTB’s retail customers made 2.1 million transfers in the currencies of friendly countries in 2024, six

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ROSTSELMASH

Rostselmash To Target Iran, Africa Exports in 2025

Africa, Agriculture, Exports

Russia’s Rostselmash plans to expand exports to Iran and more African countries in 2025. Rostselmash is one of the largest global designers and makers of purpose-designed machines. The company has its own research and technology center, experimental facilities, modern production sites with complete manufacturing cycles. In the words of Konstantin Babkin, co-owner of Rostselmash “We

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Russia Egypt

Russia, Egypt, 2025 Bilateral Trade, Geopolitical and Investment Relations: Update  

Africa, BRICS, Energy, Security, Trade

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been holding talks with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to discuss the Israel-Hamas truce, Syria, and collaborations such as the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant joint venture. The two leaders talked about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, particularly in light of the recent agreement reached between Israel and Hamas, which includes a

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South Africa

Chelyabinsk electrical equipment manufacturer considers opening production in South Africa

Africa, BRICS, Exports, Investment, Trade

Chelyabinsk Electric Equipment Plant LLC (CEEP), a major manufacturer of electrical switchgear equipment in the Urals, is discussing the possibility of setting up assembly production in South Africa, the company has stated. Like Russia, South Africa is a member of BRICS. CEEP’s statement reads “From January 15 to 17, a delegation from CEEP led by

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