The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it has notified Tokyo of the termination of memoranda between the two countries that set up Japanese centers in Russia. The Japan Centers in Russia were six Japanese government-supported institutions designed to transfer Japanese experience and new technologies to Russian entrepreneurs, as well as to train personnel who […]
Russia’ Fast Payment System (SBP), in which banks will accept money transfers by phone number is rapidly developing and has now expanded to include nine countries: Abkhazia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The number of foreign banks accepting money through the SBP by phone number is also growing, with 50 now
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Mongolia’s 2025 budget has run out of money to repair access roads to its largest border crossing with Russia. Eight road projects, including the repair of the highway from the largest automobile border crossing at Altanbulag on the border with Russia, were excluded from Mongolia’s budget for 2025. Altanbulag is the largest automobile checkpoint on
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The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) has released 2024 tourism data, showing that almost 100,000 Russian tourists visited Japan last year, 2.3 times the figure for 2023. The JNTO stated that “99,300 people travelled from Russia to Japan in 2024, 136.6% more than the year before. In 2023 tourist flows from Russia stood at 41,960.
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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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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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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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 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
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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