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Tenet

Ex-Volkswagen Plant To Produce Russia-China JV Tenet Branded Cars

China, Foreign Investment, Russian Market, Trade

The ex-Volkswagen auto-manufacturing plant at Kaluga is launching auto manufacturing of cars under Russia’s Tenet brand, according to regional governor Vladislav Shapsha. Volkswagen exited the Russian market in 2023, selling the business to their Russian dealership, Avilon, who paid an estimated US$135 million for VW’s Russian business. Volkswagen reportedly invested more than US$800 million to […]

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Oats

Russia Exported Record Amounts Of Oatmeal & Potato Chips in 2024

Agriculture, China, Exports, Trade

Russia boosted oatmeal exports 1.5-fold year-on-year to a record of around 43,000 tonnes in 2024, according to the Russian Agriculture Ministry’s Agroexport center. China accounted for 53% of the supplies as the primary purchaser, with Kazakhstan at 12% and Georgia at 8% rounding out the top three importers of the product. Oatmeal has become a

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Truck Driver

Russians In Cross Border Road Transport May Soon Obtain One-Year Multi Entry China Visas   

China, Exports, Logistics & Transport, Regulatory, Trade

The Russian government is submitting for ratification an additional agreement with China, which should significantly facilitate the mutual visa regime for logistics businesses, according to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. He said that after the document comes into force, all Russians who are engaged in road transport from China will be able to obtain a multiple-entry

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Upper Lars

Russia’s Busiest Road Crossing Border In 2024 Wasn’t With China  

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia’s Ministry of Transport of Russia calculations for 2024 land border crossing have been evaluated and found some surprising conclusions –the largest volume of goods transiting Russia by road were sent not across the border of Russia with China, but across the border of Russia with Georgia through the Upper Lars checkpoint. That was followed

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Norsk Nikel

Norilsk Nickel Negotiating Battery JV In China

China, Energy, Investment, Trade

Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) is the leader in Russia’s metals and mining industry, as well as the largest palladium and high-grade nickel producer and one of the largest producers of platinum and copper. Nornickel also produces cobalt, rhodium, silver, gold, iridium, ruthenium, selenium, tellurium, and sulfur. It has confirmed plans to develop major projects in Russia

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XI

Xi Jinping Expected To Visit Moscow In May For World War Two Victory Day Celebrations

China, Russian Market, Trade

Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted an invitation to attend the celebration in Moscow of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (World War Two), according to a statement announced by the Russian Ambassador to China, Igor Morgulov. Chinese authorities have not yet commented on the information. Morgulov stated that “The Chairman

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Confectionary

A Sweet Tooth For Russian Sweets: Russian Confectionary Exports Up 8% In 2024

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Russian Market, Trade

Russia exported 700,000 tonnes of confectionery products in 2024, up 8% year-on-year, while the value of these exports grew 10.3% to reach US$1.81 billion, according to the Russian Association of Confectionery Industry Enterprises. They were presenting at the “Confectionery Products of the 21st Century” conference in Moscow last week. The 2025 export forecast for Russian

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BRICS-Grain

BRICS Agrarian Alliance Expected In June

Agriculture, BRICS, China, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Imports, India, Latin America, Trade

The upcoming BRICS Congress will take place in June, where it is planned to approve the creation of a BRICS Agrarian Alliance, according to Lyudmila Orlova, the President of the Russian National Movement of Conservation Agriculture. Orlova stated that “We held a round table in December and have now agreed on holding a congress and

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Far East

China To Help Power The Russian Far East

China, Energy, Foreign Investment, Infrastructure

Russia’s System Operator has proposed considering imports of electricity from China, constructing a 250 MW rapidly deployable gas turbine unit (GTU) and developing renewable energy sources as near-term measures to address the energy deficit in the Russian Far East. Fyodor Opadchy, Chairman of Unified Energy System (SO UES JSC) the System Operator, said that “In

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