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Murmansk Port

Russia To Prioritise Development Of Five Arctic Ports & Three Connecting Rivers 

China, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev, who oversees the country’s national maritime policy, has stated that the Arctic ports of Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi and Pevek are the priority developments to allow the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to become one of Russia’s main transport arteries. This needs to be carried out in conjunction with the development […]

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Dragon Wall

FESCO Launches Bulk Cargo Maritime Freight Service from Shanghai to St. Petersburg

China, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia’s FESCO Transport Group has launched a regular marine service for the delivery of bulk cargoes from Shanghai to St. Petersburg, the company has said. This includes services for the collection of goods from warehouses within a radius of up to 300 km from Shanghai. The first container ship within the framework of the service

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Russia BRI

China’s Belt & Road Initiative In Russia

China, Finance, Infrastructure, Investment

China’s main thrust into the potential of investing in Russia as part of its global Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) overseas investment and infrastructure plan essentially began in 2018, when the Chinese government published its “China-Russia Cooperation and Development Plan for the Russian Far East (2018-2024).” This is a programmatic policy document guiding cooperation between

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Russia Mongolia Flag

Russia & Mongolia 2024 Latest: Joint Venture Mineral Mining and December Free Trade Agreement

China, Eurasian Economic Union, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia and Mongolia are compiling a list of mineral resource sites for joint geological exploration in their border area under agreements reached at a meeting of their intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation, according to Alexander Kozlov, the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia. Kozlov stated that “Mineral resource use has recently

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Barter

Russia and China To Conduct First Barter Trade Deals In September / October  

China, Finance, Trade

Moscow and Beijing are looking to a barter trade system to overcome the hesitancy of Chinese banks to run foul of US sanctions in conducting cross-border financial transactions with Russia. The moves, which are expected to be temporary, come as the two sides are trying to limit the transactional use of the SWIFT banking system.

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Russia and China Oil

Russia’s Natural Resource Exports to China In H1 2024 Reach New Highs

China, Energy, Trade

Russia’s natural resource trade with China exceeded US$65 billion in H1 2024, according to China’s Ministry of Customs, reaching record levels. Overall, Russian exports of natural resources to China increased by 4% over the same period last year, year-on-year, reaching a new high of US$65.2 billion between January and June of this year. Oil and

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Airline Sunset

Western Airlines Pull Out Of China, Leaving Huge Development Opportunities For The BRICS 

Africa, BRICS, China, India, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Several Western airlines are pulling out of routes servicing China as sanctions have forced Western carriers to incur greater operational costs by avoiding Russian airspace. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Quantas are just three who are giving up what were lucrative direct flights to Beijing and Shanghai. Other, BRICS and BRICS related airlines are now

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China, Saudi Arabia and Germany Are Top Users Of Russia’s E-Visa System

China, Economy, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia’s Unified Electronic Visa system for entry into Russia has been in operation now for exactly one year, with 540,900 foreign nationals using it to enter Russia.  The Russian Foreign Ministry has released data for the period August 2023 to July 2024. Bear in mind these figures are for E-Visas only and do not include

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Manzhouli

Development of the Zabaikalsk-Manzhouli Russia-China Border Checkpoint

China, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Zabaikalsk border checkpoint on the Chinese border with Manzhouli in China’s Inner Mongolia Province is now the most in-demand crossing between Russia and China for cargo carriers. According to Russia’s Federal Customs Service (FCS), in the first six months of this year, imports of Chinese goods to Russia through this border crossing increased by

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Amur River Barge

Russia, China Extend Far East Cargo Routes To Include Cross-Border River Transport

China, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport

Amur, Ussuri Rivers give Pacific Ocean access to China’s landlocked Heilongjiang Province Russia and China are developing cargo transport corridors under the joint “River-Sea” development programme for the first time. The Chinese deep-water, Manjita river port is located at Fuyuan city in Heilongjiang, with the Manjita port having access to the Amur (Heilongjiang) and Ussuri

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