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Russian Foreign Minister Q&A On Russia’s Foreign Policy 2025: Analysis

Asia, BRICS, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Finance, India, Infrastructure, Trade

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, gave an extensive media interview and Q&A session on Tuesday (January 14), at which many questions were asked. The full transcript, including comments about the United States, Ukraine, sanctions and so on, can be read here. In this article, we highlight the comments he made pertinent to our specific […]

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New Russia’s Pivot To Asia Publication: “2025 Guide To SAARC & BIMSTEC”  

Asia, BRICS, Exports, Imports, India, Trade

Russia’s Pivot To Asia has published a new “2025 Guide to SAARC & BIMSTC” which details Russia’s trade, investment and geopolitical developments with both these South Asian trade blocs. SAARC includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. SAARC comprises 3% of the world’s land area, 21% of the world’s population and

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Vietnam

Russia, Vietnam 2025 Bilateral Trade Developments    

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

Update: January 16Russia is willing to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil to Vietnam, as well as help develop its nuclear power sector as it seeks to expand energy cooperation, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has stated. Russia and Vietnam have also agreed to continue supporting oil and gas projects on each other’s continental

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Water

Russia’s Aqua Holding Exports 35% More Water In 2024  

Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Exports, Trade

Aqua Holding, the producer of the Narzan, Essentuki No. 4 and Essentuki No. 17 brand mineral waters, increased exports of its products 35% year-on-year in 2024, and shipping more than 750 million litres to 19 countries. While water is not generally considered a particularly interesting commodity, Russia possesses the world’s second largest fresh water reserves

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Russia’s Pivot To Asia 2025 Guide To ASEAN

Asia, Economy, Exports, Finance, Imports, Logistics & Transport, Russia's Belt & Road, Trade

Russia’s Pivot To Asia have just published their 2025 Guide to ASEAN, which details Russia’s trade, investment and geopolitical involvement with the ASEAN group. ASEAN includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. We detail Russian trade trends looking back at 2024 and ahead into 2025, and also include chapters

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rice

Russia’s 2024 Rice Harvest Up 17% To Reach A Record High

Agriculture, Asia, Exports, Russian Market, Trade

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has stated that Russia has produced a record rice harvest this year, amounting to more than 1.2 million tons. This is 17% higher than for 2023. According to the Ministry, Russia now has 207,000 hectares of rice under production. Almost two-thirds of that is from Krasnodar, where the harvest amounted

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Foreign Visitor To Russia Arrivals Up 95%, With Asian Arrivals Dominating

Asia, China, Imports, Russian Market, Trade

The Russian Union of Travel Industry (RUTI) has said that up to 2.5 million foreigners visited Russia for tourist and business purposes in 2024, 95% more than in 2023. The RUTI stated that “The number of foreign tourist arrivals in Russia may reach 1.8 million, in addition to about 0.7 million business trips in 2024.

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Russia, Pakistan To Launch Direct Rail Services

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

Russia and Pakistan will launch the first direct freight train between the two countries next year as they seek to boost mutual trade, according to Pakistani Energy Minister Awais Leghari. Moscow and Islamabad are set to launch trial runs on the rail link to transport goods from Russia to Pakistan in March 2025, he said.  

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Russia’s Asian Year – Achievements Made During The Turn To The East

Asia, BRICS, China, Economy, India

By Kirill Babaev, Director of the Russian Institute of China and Contemporary Asia, of the Russian Academy of Science The past year has become very successful for the growing trend of a “Pivot to the East” in Russian foreign policy. It seems that Russia this year has finally fully realized that the Asian region can

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BRICS

Nine New BRICS Partner Countries From January 1, Four Pending, and 24 Applications

Africa, Asia, BRICS, Latin America, Middle East, Russia's Belt & Road, Trade

Nine countries will officially join BRICS as partner states in January, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov has said, adding that the economic group is open to like-minded partners. The new “Partner Country” status was approved at the BRICS summit in Kazan in October, after more than 30 countries applied to join the organization. Partner country

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