Asia

SBP

Russia’s Fast Payment System Via Phone Set To Expand Into The Global South 

Asia, Exports, Finance, Imports, Regulatory, Trade

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

Mongolia Runs Into Budgetary Problems With Russian Road & Rail Connectivity

Asia, Eurasian Economic Union, Finance, Infrastructure, Trade

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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Lavrov

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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ASEAN COver

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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