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Nizhny Novgorod Targets Port & SEZ Developments To Integrate Into The North-South Transport Corridor

Asia, Exports, India, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russia, Trade

The government’s interdepartmental working group on the creation and development of Russian Special Economic Zones (SEZ) has approved expanding the Kulibin SEZ in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, with a river port and new production facilities being planned, according to the regional government. The Kulibin SEZ currently has a site in Dzerzhinsk, while the additional 117.7-hectare […]

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International Operator To Develop Middle Volga–Caspian–Persian Gulf Logistics

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

The “Middle Volga-Caspian International Logistics Forum” has been held in Ulyanovsk, attended by delegations from Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Iraq, and Iran, an important event to discuss operations along the Middle and Southern Corridor aspect of the International North-South Transport Corridor. There are now plans to create a single logistics operator to develop the Middle Volga–Caspian–Persian

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Russia’s R-Pharm To Invest US$200 Million Into Kazakh Pharmaceutical Factory

Asia, Exports, Investment, Russia, Trade

Russia’s R-Pharm Group is to invest in a pharmaceutical production plant in Alatau, Kazakhstan, in partnership with the local company Khan Tengri Biopharma, according to Nikolai Zemskov, R-Pharm’s General Director of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) markets. He said that “a joint venture company with an investment of US$200 million will build an innovative full-cycle

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Russia, Mongolia To Upgrade Road & Rail Corridors and Increase Freight Transit

Asia, China, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia and Mongolia are planning to update the plans to develop railway and roadway transport corridors by the end of the year, Russia’s Deputy Transport Minister, Alexei Shilo, has said. Shilo was meeting with Batmunkh Nasantogtokh, the State Secretary of the Mongolian Ministry of Roads and Transport. They formalized the agreements at this week’s meeting

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Russia-ASEAN 2025 Trade Development Shows 32% Increases

Asia, Exports, Imports, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Alexey Overchuk, Russia’s Deputy Chairman, has been speaking at the East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur this week and has identified logistics as a key driver in developing Russia–ASEAN regional trade. Overchuk stated, “Given its geographical location and colossal transit potential, Russia invests in global transport connectivity through the development of transport corridors connecting Eurasia

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Japan To Continue Buying Russian Oil Amongst Domestic Consumer Pressures

Asia, Energy, Exports, Trade

Japan will continue importing Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) despite pressure to halt purchases, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Trump was visiting Tokyo as part of a broader Asia tour and urged Japan to suspend Russian energy imports. The new Japanese prime minister, however, emphasized Japan’s own energy

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China-Russia Container Prices Remain Competitive, Yet Remain Higher Than For Europe

Asia, China, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

The cost of transporting a 40-foot container on the Shanghai—Moscow route, despite an increase in October this year, remains at a five-year minimum—at US$5,300, according to the Centre for Price Indices estimates. However, rates for the Russian Federation remain more expensive than for China delivery to the European Baltic States ports and to Finland at

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Russia, North Korean Foreign Ministers Meet in Moscow: Bilateral Updates

Asia, Security, Trade

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Choe Son-hui, the Foreign Minister of North Korea (DPRK), who is in Moscow on a working visit. During the talks, the ministers discussed current issues concerning the development of bilateral relations, including practical cooperation, with particular focus on the implementation of the agreements reached during the talks

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Russia, Cambodia Discuss Bilateral Trade Development, Improved Supply Chains

Agriculture, Asia, Eurasian Economic Union, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia and Cambodia have been discussing the expansion of their bilateral trade, including increasing supplies of fertilizer from Russia, following meetings between Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in Kuala Lumpur. They held meetings on the sidelines of the 20th East Asia Summit, which is currently taking place. A

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Russia, Malaysia Discuss Bilateral Trade Development; 2025 Trade Up 32.1%

Asia, Energy, Exports, Imports, Investment, Trade

Russia could increase exports of energy resources, industrial equipment, and agricultural products to Malaysia and consider building small- and large-capacity nuclear power plants in the country, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk. He has been meeting with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation Fadillah Yusof at the

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