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Russia-ASEAN trade in 2025 showed significant growth, with trade up over 30% by August, focusing on energy, agriculture, digital tech and nuclear power, while the ASEAN countries – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – sought diversified partners and access to Russian goods like components and resources, utilizing non-dollar payments amidst sanctions, with new cooperation plans for 2026-2035 being finalized. Discover trade agreements, investment flows, and business strategies for entering Southeast Asia’s dynamic markets from Russia, and vice-versa.

Featured December 11, 2025

Putin-Prabowo Talks To Fast Track The Russia-Indonesia Free Trade Agreement

The working visit of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to Moscow on 10 December and his meeting with President Putin at the Kremlin has injected new momentum into one of Eurasia’s most promising, yet underappreciated bilateral relationships. Indonesia is the world’s fourth largest consumer market, with a population of 285 million, while Russia is the world’s […]

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Featured November 19, 2025

Russia, Myanmar Navies Complete Andaman Sea Exercises

The Russian and Myanmar Navies have completed their joint ‘Marumex’ 2025 military drills in the Andaman Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry has stated. The drills involved the Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate, a Gremyashchiy corvette, and the Boris Butoma tanker from Russia’s Pacific Fleet, as well as the Muttama landing helicopter dock, Kyansittha frigate, Tabinshwehti corvette, and […]

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September 26, 2025

Russia, Pacific Small Island Developing States Multilateral Relations: 2025 Update

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has met with the multilateral group ‘Pacific Small Island Developing States’ (PSIDS), a dialogue mechanism that Lavrov has stated “has unequivocally established itself as a highly sought-after and effective platform for exchanging views, both on areas of bilateral collaboration and on pressing issues of regional and global agendas.” The […]

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