China

China-Russia Bilateral Relations – November 2025 Update

Asia, China, Economy, Exports, Finance, Imports, Investment, Trade

The Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met with their respective business delegations at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Mishustin was accompanied by Deputy Prime Ministers Tatyana Golikova, Dmitry Chernyshenko, Yury Trutnev and Alexander Novak, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to China Igor Morgulov, Minister of Agriculture […]

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Europe

Is Europe Being Cast Adrift?

Asia, China, Economy, India, Infrastructure, Russian Infrastructure, Trade

Over the past few weeks, grumbles of discontent have begun emerging from the European population, about what appears to economic issues directly created by sanctions imposed upon Russia. These range from Finnish resorts bemoaning the lack of Russian tourists, Italian resorts closing, and Lithuanian cigarette smugglers causing chaos over ballooning in cheap products from Belarus.

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China

Russia and China To Integrate Healthcare Medical Standards

China, Regulatory, Legal & Tax, Russian Infrastructure, Trade

Russia and China are to sign a memorandum of cooperation in healthcare in November, giving new impetus to the mutual quality and safety of their respective medical products, according to Mikhail Murashko, the Russian Health Minister. He said, “The work done by the Russian Scientific Center for the Examination of Medical Products of the Health

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Mongolia

Russia, Mongolia To Upgrade Road & Rail Corridors and Increase Freight Transit

Asia, China, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia and Mongolia are planning to update the plans to develop railway and roadway transport corridors by the end of the year, Russia’s Deputy Transport Minister, Alexei Shilo, has said. Shilo was meeting with Batmunkh Nasantogtokh, the State Secretary of the Mongolian Ministry of Roads and Transport. They formalized the agreements at this week’s meeting

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China

Russia, China Agricultural Trade Up 15% In 9M 2025

Agriculture, China, Exports, Trade

Russia and China boosted their mutual agricultural trade by 15% in the eight months between January and September this year, the Russian Agriculture Ministry has stated, following discussions between Russian Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut and Chinese Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Han Jun. Russian agricultural exports to China increased by 10% and consisted mostly of

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Chinese Investors Commit Over US$137 Million To Expand Yeast Production Plant In Lipetsk

Agriculture, China, Foreign Investment, Trade

The Chinese-owned Angel Yeast Rus LLC, a subsidiary of China’s Angel Yeast,  will invest over ₽11 billion (US$137.2 million) in constructing the third stage of a yeast production facility in the Lipetsk region, the regional government has announced. An agreement was signed by Lipetsk region Governor Igor Artamonov and Angel Yeast’s CEO, Ming Hua Xiao,

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Freight

China-Russia Container Prices Remain Competitive, Yet Remain Higher Than For Europe

Asia, China, Logistics & Transport, Russian Infrastructure, Trade

The cost of transporting a 40-foot container on the Shanghai—Moscow route, despite an increase in October this year, remains at a five-year minimum—at US$5,300, according to the Centre for Price Indices estimates. However, rates for the Russian Federation remain more expensive than for China delivery to the European Baltic States ports and to Finland at

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China

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

China, Exports, Imports, Investment, Regulatory, Legal & Tax, 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, Russian Infrastructure

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, Russian Infrastructure, 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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