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Featured November 29, 2025

Azerbaijan Railways and Russian Railways To Exchange E-Data For Improved Freight Management

Azerbaijan Railways (AZD) and Russian Railways (RZD) have signed an agreement on the bilateral exchange of e-data, AZD has announced. The respective parties signed the document on Wednesday in Baku following a meeting between AZD CEO Rovshan Rustamov and RZD CEO Oleg Belozerov. AZD stated that “The agreement will allow significantly improving the efficiency of […]

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November 17, 2025

US Treasury Dilutes Sanctions On Rosneft and Lukoil’s Caspian & Central Asian Projects

The United States Treasury ‘Office of Foreign Assets Control’ (OFAC) has issued a license permitting transactions involving Russia’s Lukoil and Rosneft related to the operation of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) and the Tengiz and Karachaganak fields in Kazakhstan. The license foes not require any “transactions for the sale, disposition, or transfer of any interest” […]

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October 27, 2025

Russian Ministries Order Improved Agricultural Rail Connectivity To Armenia Via Azerbaijan

The Russian Agriculture Ministry and Russian Railways have ordered the development of agricultural supply chain routes to Armenia via Azerbaijan, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk.   Azerbaijan has also confirmed the possibility of using its railway network for the export of agricultural products from Russia to Azerbaijan. Overchuk said that “Two days ago, […]

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August 27, 2025

Russia’s Belt & Road Initiative Completes Digitization of Azerbaijan-Georgia Railway Line

Russian engineers have completed the digitalization of the Baku–Boyuk-Kesik railway line, a key corridor linking Azerbaijan and Georgia. The final stage of the project has involved modernizing the 122-kilometer Ujar–Hajigabul section, which had not been upgraded since 1980. The project was carried out by Natsproyektstroy, a leading Russian infrastructure holding comprised of more than 100 […]

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