Pakistan’s influence and strategic potential as a gateway to Southern Eurasia and South Asia for Russia is rapidly developing. Bilateral trade tripled last year, while major infrastructure developments are poised to take place in transport and energy. We provide a detailed overview of an often neglected area of Russia’s reach deep into Asia.
The Bangladesh and Russian Foreign Ministers have been meeting in Moscow. We provide an extensive analysis of what was discussed, including full trade details and likely bilateral developments.
China’s President Xi Jinping has made a rare trip to Pyongyang to meet with Kim Jong-Un. We explore the geopolitical background and detail what this means as regards both countries – and Russia.
Russia is shortly to agree reciprocal visa-free travel with nationals of Indonesia, Malaysia and Kuwait in a major boost to the tourism sectors to all these countries and Russian nationals.
Russian pharma has both generic and state of the art pharmaceuticals and is exporting these to North Korea in medicines largely attributed to dealing with an aging population as the DPRK populations begins to retain a better and longer quality of life.
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The Russian Far East just received another boost in its links to East China by the introduction of direct flights between Sakhalin and Shanghai – two distinct regions of East Asia.
Russia has ratified the free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Indonesia, paving the way for a substantial increase of the bilateral US$4.8 billion in trade but also linking fellow Muslim markets in Central Asia to Southeast Asia.
Russia and Vietnam have signed a maritime agreement to 2030 that includes cooperation in naval activity, shipbuilding, ship repairs, and maritime personnel training, as well as the joint use of the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor. It will compliment Russia’s expanding developments into Asian shipbuilding and repair investments throughout the region.
Another four Russian meat producing businesses have received permission to export their products to Singapore, where the average per meat consumption is four times more than the South Asian average.
President Vladimir Putin has met with the Supreme Ruler of Malaysia, Sultan Ibrahim, who has been visiting Moscow. Malaysia is a BRICS partner state and has a US$4 billion+ trade turnover with Russia, with volumes also showing sustainable growth. Ibrahim invited Putin to a formal State visit to Malaysia during 2027.
Russia’s President Putin has met with the Laos President and a full senior government and business delegation in Moscow. The two sides are looking at ways to increase bilateral trade and solutions to Laos’ energy shortage problems, with oil and gas supplies likely to be sent via Vietnam. Bilateral trade doubled in 2025.
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