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Featured October 12, 2025

Russia–Central Asia Six-Party Summit Held In Dushanbe: Putin Speech & Analysis

The second Russia-Central Asia summit has been held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. These discussions, which were held separately to the Commonwealth of Independent States summit, centred on expanding cooperation between Russia and the Central Asian states across a wide range of areas, including trade, economic, financial, industrial, logistics, and energy ties. Particular attention was paid to […]

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Featured October 8, 2025

Russia To Give Visa-Free Access To Visitors From China, Malaysia & Saudi Arabia

Russia is to introduce a reciprocal visa-free regime with China, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, according to a Government strategic session on tourism development. A simplified visa regime with these countries should attract an additional two million foreign tourists. The number of foreigners visiting Russia is projected to grow from 5 million at present to 11 […]

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October 7, 2025

Russian Fish and Seafood Exports To Japan Up 10% Year on Year

Russia’s exports of fish and seafood to Japan were valued at US$606 million in 8M 2025, up 10% year-on-year, while supplies increased 15% in physical terms to 82,000 tonnes, according to data from Japanese customs statistics and the Japan Fish Union. Russian exports of frozen pollock increased tenfold to 1,200 tonnes and fourteenfold in monetary […]

October 6, 2025

Arkhangelsk Port Development To See Capacity Rise To 1 Million TEU Per Annum

The Arkhangelsk Regional Governor, Alexander Tsybulsky, has announced that Arkhangelsk Port is to develop a deep-water hub modelled on the Chinese ports of Tianjin and Ningbo-Zhoushan, which are world leaders in cargo turnover, digitalization, and robotization. As a result, one of Russia’s oldest ports will become the main gateway to the Northern Sea Route, a […]

October 2, 2025

Russian Tourist Visits To Vietnam Double

Russian tourist arrivals in Vietnam doubled last year, according to Vyacheslav Volodin, the Russian State Duma speaker of the house. Volodin is paying an official visit to Vietnam as the head of a State Duma delegation and stated, “We can see the interest of Russian citizens in Vietnam growing. The number of tourists doubled last […]

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October 2, 2025

Russia Targets Dairy Export Increases To Africa, the Middle East & Asia

Russia intends to strengthen the presence of its dairy products in the markets of Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, according to Ruslan Alisultanov, the head of the export committee of the National Union of Milk Producers (Soyuzmoloko) and chairman of the board of directors of Health & Nutrition. Alisultanov said, “I see the […]

September 30, 2025

Russia, Thailand Bilateral Relations: September 2025 Update

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, met with Sihasak Phuangketkeow, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. During the conversation the parties discussed the prospects for developing Russian-Thai cooperation in priority areas, including the advancement of political dialogue, […]

September 30, 2025

Russia, Singapore Bilateral Relations: September 2025 Update

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has met with Vivian Balakrishnan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore, on the sidelines of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The parties discussed the state of and prospects for bilateral relations against the backdrop of the prevailing international and […]

September 28, 2025

Russia, Cambodia Bilateral Relations: September 2025 Update

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, met with Prak Sokhonn, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia on the sidelines of the 80thsession of the UN General Assembly in New York. The parties discussed pressing international and regional issues and the current state and prospects for Russia-Cambodia relations. Cambodia has a […]

September 28, 2025

Russia, South Korea Bilateral Relations: September 2025 Update

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, met with Cho Hyun, the Foreign Minister of South Korea on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. In the context of the developments on the Korean Peninsula, the Russian side noted the provocative nature of the United States and its Asian […]

September 27, 2025

World Buddhist Forum Kicks Off In Russia’s Kalmykia Republic

The 3rd International Buddhist Forum, with the theme “The Buddhist World in the New Millennium” has begun in Elista, the capital of the Kalmykia Republic in European Russia. The Republic Flag is depicted above. Kalmykia is the only Buddhist region in Europe and was originally populated by descendants of the Mongol tribes and other Central […]