The United States 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) has just been released, with responses ranging from political shock and disbelief to celebratory approval, depending on where you’re positioned on the branches of the global geopolitical tree. Its format is closer to a sales prospectus than most US official government-supported documents, resulting in the feel of […]
The convening of the first Forum of Regions of Russia and Mongolia on December 1–2, 2025, in Irkutsk marks far more than another diplomatic gathering. It is the institutionalization of a new phase in Eurasian regional diplomacy—one that transforms longstanding neighborliness into a modern, diversified, and strategically aligned partnership. With over 300 participants from 14 […]
Russia has resumed supplies of poultry products to the Philippines after the lifting of a ban that had been in effect since 2021. Russia’s GAP Resurs (a leading broiler meat producer in Russia) said that the first container following the ban, containing the company’s chicken broiler meat products, passed customs clearance at Cebu Port in […]
We discussed earlier this week about how the development of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) was now influencing the development entire cities and even countries, and to illustrate this, Belarus’s largest logistics operator Beltamozhservice has just announced the launch of a regular multimodal service for shipping containers with LCL freight from Belarus to Turkiye […]
Railway executives from Russia, Iran, and Azerbaijan have met in Baku to hold the 83rd meeting of the Transport Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States. So far, so routine. But what was actually agreed – and signed off – at that meeting has significant implications. In agreeing a new strategy and signing an MoU […]
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Russia’s Fanagoria, one of the countries largest winemaking companies, has begun exporting wines to Mongolia, the company has reported. It said that the wines were delivered to the California restaurant chain located in Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar. It did not disclose the volume supplied. The California restaurants serve fusion cuisine popular with locals and expats alike. […]
Sergei Tsivilev, the co-chair of the Russian-Pakistani Intergovernmental Commission, has been talking up the potential for Russia-Pakistani trade and investment relations in several industrial sectors, saying that Russian oil and gas companies remain highly interested in developing business in Pakistan. Tsivilev stated that “We continue to collaborate in hydrocarbon exploration and development. We are working […]
Russia and Pakistan are working on a financing model for Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) upgrade in Karachi, according to Sergei Tsivilev, the co-chair of the Russian-Pakistani intergovernmental commission. Tsivilev is also Russia’s energy minister. Pakistan is short of foreign currency assets. PSM and Russian officials signed an MoU on cooperation for the plant’s modernization in […]
The head of Russia’s Federal Tax Service (FTS), Daniil Yegorov, has stated that Russia has restructured its Double Tax Treaty (DTA) arrangements with other countries, with these now being aligned with countries that provide favorable investment environments for Russian investors. DTAs are bilateral agreements aimed at preventing situations where the same income of a legal […]
Russia is the current chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and has been hosting the Council of Heads of Government in Moscow. The Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, chaired the event, while the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, also addressed the attendees. These included China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan, Iran, and Belarus. This is […]
The Mongolian Prime Minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar, who is visiting Moscow to participate in the Annual SCO Heads of Government summit, has stated that opening a Russian bank branch in Mongolia would help facilitate bilateral settlements. He was speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Such a move would pave the way for an as-yet-unnamed Russian bank […]
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