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Despite SAARC Inactivity, Russia Can Expand Its Economic Footprint in South Asia Via BIMSTEC Momentum and Emerging Trade Opportunities

Asia, China, Exports, Imports, India, Russia, Trade

By design, South Asia should be one of the world’s most integrated economic regions. In reality, it remains one of the least connected. South Asia is not a marginal periphery of Eurasia as one of its demographics, economic, and logistical cores. Yet its regional institutions remain weaker than its potential. For Russia, this contradiction is […]

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How Russia Is Unlocking Arctic Trade and Investment for Asia

Asia, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

The Arctic Present and Future forum was held between December 9 and 10 in St. Petersburg, and reaffirmed a simple but powerful truth: the Arctic is no longer a distant frontier of ice and exploration, but it is becoming one of the central arteries of the 21st-century global economy. Against a backdrop of geopolitical turbulence

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Putin’s State Visit To Turkmenistan: Russia-Turkmenistan Economic Ties – Analysis

Asia, Central Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Exports, Imports, Investment, Russia, Trade

A new chapter in trade, connectivity, and strategic partnership with Turkmenistan has been marked by President Putin’s visit to Ashgabat during his meetings Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Turkmen President on December 12 and 13. Like India’s Narendra Modi did last week, Berdimuhamedov met Putin directly off his aircraft as it landed in Ashgabat, a gesture that

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Russia Flies 34 Tonnes of Humanitarian Aid To Sri Lanka

Asia, Exports, Russia

Sri Lanka has received 34 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Russia, with the flight arriving on December 10. The consignment was delivered on the instruction of President Vladimir Putin and under the directive of Aleksandr Kurenkov, the Russian Minister of Emergency Situations. An Il-76 aircraft brought mobile power stations, pumping equipment, tents, and food supplies

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Eurasian Economic Union “Should Include New African & Asian Partners”—Belarus Prime Minister

Africa, Asia, Eurasian Economic Union, Trade

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) should focus on advancing on its external contour and form a list of new partners, Belarusian Prime Minister Alexander Turchin has advised, stating, “Currently the EAEU is facing the task of forming a list of new partners. I think this work should emphasize the friendly Asian and African countries whose

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

Agriculture, ASEAN, Asia, BRICS, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Imports, Trade

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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Japan Refuses To Expropriate US$30 Billion Of Russian Assets

Asia, Finance, Regulatory, Security, Trade

Japan, which holds about US$30 billion of frozen Russian assets, has refused to seize the Russian assets it holds and send them to Ukraine, despite pressure from the European Union to do so. Japan holds cash reserves that had been previously used to help fund bilateral trade, worth an estimated US$30 billion. Japanese Finance Minister

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Russia-Thailand Investment Forum 2025—Russia’s Comprehensive Economic Ties With Thailand And ASEAN

Asia, BRICS, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Imports, Investment, Russia, Trade

The First Russia-Thailand Investment Forum (RTIF 2025) was held in Phuket on November 26-28, 2025, and emerged as a flagship event for Russia’s engagement not just with Thailand but also with ASEAN. It represents not only an unprecedented platform for dialogue and business matchmaking but also a strategic milestone in the broader Eurasian-ASEAN economic integration.

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Growing Russia–Vietnam Trade Momentum Sparks Optimism for Broader Russia-ASEAN Economic Gains

Asia, BRICS, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Imports, Russia, Security, Trade

That Russia’s pivot towards Asia has been extensively discussed in Moscow’s strategic circles is no longer a distant projection on Putin’s longer-term wish list but an unfolding geopolitical and geo-economic reality. Nowhere is this more evident than in the accelerating partnership between Russia and Vietnam, one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic economies and a crucial

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Russia, Indonesia, Sign MoU On Joint Shipbuilding & Agriculture Projects

Agriculture, Asia, BRICS, Exports, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of cooperation in shipbuilding, providing the necessary regulatory framework for developing cooperation. Details of the agreement have not been provided. The agreement was signed between Anton Alikhanov, the Russian Trade & Industry Minister, and Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, his Indonesian counterpart. Alikanov said that the parties had confirmed their

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