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Russia, China, Update Bilateral Investment Treaty As Belt & Road Initiative Projects Look Set To Increase

China, Exports, Imports, Investment, Regulatory, Trade

Russia and China have updated their Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), which was first agreed upon back in 2006. BITs typically provide legal guarantees for reciprocal investments, as well as containing specific preferential agreements on tax rates impacting specific detailed industries and the services sector. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the bill that ratifies these updates […]

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New Russia-China Ussuri River Cross-Border Checkpoint Opens

China, Energy, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russia

A new Russia-China cross-border checkpoint has opened, situated at Lesozavodsk, in Primorsky Krai. It is near to the Chinese city of Jixi in China’s Heilongjiang Province, where the Russia-China border runs down the length of the Ussuri River. Lesozavodsk is 10 kilometers from the Sino–Russian border and about 300 kilometers north of Vladivostok. The Lesozavodsk

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US Sanctions On Rosneft & Lukoil: Economic Impact Analysis

China, Economy, Energy, India, Middle East, Russia, Trade

The US administration has placed full sanctions on Russia’s Rosneft and Lukoil, and threatened secondary sanctions on companies that service them. These companies handle about 50% of all Russia oil production and exports. We look at the likely impact of these moves. Freezing of all Rosneft and Lukoil assets in the United States Neither have

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Russia & Central Asia’s E-Commerce Market: A Deep Dive Introduction

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Finance, Imports, Infrastructure, Russia, Trade

Central Asia’s e-commerce market reached approximately US$14.7 billion in 2024, up from US$11.1 billion in 2023, driven by increasing internet penetration (now over 80% in urban areas) and smartphone adoption, according to data released by the IMARC Group. When considering this, it is pertinent to note the size of the two main bordering e-commerce markets

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China-Russia Northern Sea Route Traffic Doubled During 2025

China, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

The Northern Sea Route (NSR), which runs along the Russian Arctic shore, is rapidly turning into an efficient global logistics route, according to Vladimir Panov, of the Arctic Dept. of Rosatom. Panov stated that “The Northern Sea Route is developing rapidly, turning into a viable and efficient global logistics route. This is driven by various

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Yakutia’s Naiba Port to become Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor’s Gateway to China

China, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

The planned seaport of Naiba in Yakutia’s Bulunsky District is intended to become a key location of the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor, according to Aisen Nikolaev, Yakutia’s Governor. He said “We are aware of the order from President Vladimir Putin to work on formation of the Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor as an integrated logistics project for the

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China and Russia To Create Massive New Changchun-Moscow Eurasian Logistics Highway

China, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

China’s Jilin Province Logistics Group and Russia’s RZD Logistics have signed an agreement that aims aim to develop a new Eurasian logistics artery along a cross-border route that will connect the city of Changchun (the administrative centre of China’s Jilin province), the Hunchun cross-border checkpoint in Jilin, and Moscow. The agreement provides for several initiatives

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Central Asia-Russia Rail Freight Transit Up 50%: New Russia-China Rail Connectivity Routes Emerging

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

During his speech at the Central Asia-Russia Summit in Dushanbe last week, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev highlighted the strengthening of transport and logistics ties with Russia as a priority area of cooperation. Tokayev said “For Kazakhstan, cooperation with Russia is strategically vital. In view of the geographic factor, Kazakhstan can ensure a stable connection between

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China Withdraws Investment In Europe As Sinopec Hong Kong Purchases Russian SIBUR Equity From Its Own Cyprus Subsidiary

China, Energy, Finance, Investment, Russia, Security

Sinopec’s Soihl Hong Kong Holdings have purchased 217,847,910 (8.5% of the total equity) shares in SIBUR from Soihl Cyprus Investment Limited, also a subsidiary of Sinopec, the Chinese state-owned Petrochem giant, moving the SIBUR equity holding away from the EU to Hong Kong. The transfer was made following a decree issued by Russian President Vladimir

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Russia, Caspian States Discuss INSTC, Multilateral Development: Economic & Development Analysis

Africa, Asia, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, India, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Middle East

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held his annual meeting on Monday (October 13th) with the heads of the four diplomatic missions of the Caspian states. In attendance were Azerbaijani Ambassador Rahman Mustafayev, Iranian Ambassador Kazem Jalali, Kazakh Ambassador Dauren Abayev, and Turkmen Ambassador Esen Aidogdyev. The meeting was also attended by G.B. Karasin, Chairman

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