Commonwealth of Independent States

VTB

VTB Expands Phone-Number Based, International Financial Transfer Retail Services  

Commonwealth of Independent States, Finance, Trade

Russia’s VTB bank has launched phone number-based transfers to Azerbaijan, in moves that circumnavigate the financial sanctions placed on Russian banks using the SWIFT financial transfer service. Russian retail clients can now instantly send money to Azerbaijan using the recipient’s phone number to clients of the subsidiary bank – VTB Azerbaijan. The transfer is made […]

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Tajikistan

Russia, Tajikistan 2025 Trade & Investment Relations: Update

Commonwealth of Independent States, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Investment, Trade

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has been discussing bilateral relations with the Tajik President, Emomali Rahmon, in Moscow. They discussed prospects for expanding bilateral relations of strategic partnership and alliance, with a focus on trade, investment, cultural and humanitarian cooperation in addition to exchanging opinions on key regional issues. Both countries are members of the

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Tajik Azerbaijan Belarus Russia

Putin Discusses Interstate Relations With Presidents Of Azerbaijan, Belarus, and Tajikistan

Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Exports, Imports, Regulatory, Security, Trade

The Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, and their Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev held informal discussions on Friday (March 14). All are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and discussing how to further develop interstate relations. Lukashenko had been on an official visit to Moscow from March

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Prospects For The “Greater Eurasian Partnership”: Analysis

Africa, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, India, Security, Trade

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has stated that “Eurasia needs a continent-wide structure akin to the African Union or the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)” in interviews this week. Bearing in mind that Western Europe already has the European Union and the Organisation for Security & Defence in Europe (OSCD), his

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RussiaUzbekistan

Russia, Uzbekistan: 2025 Trade & Investment Update   

Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Imports, Trade

Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has been meeting with Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjaev in Moscow. Manturov and Khodjaev are co-chairs of the Russia-Uzbekistan intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation. The two parties discussed priority issues regarding bilateral cooperation during the meeting, with Manturov emphasizing the significant potential of interregional cooperation. The two

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Belarus Pakistan

Russia, Belarus and Pakistan Sign Freight Transport Agreements To Access “Far Arc” Destinations   

Africa, Commonwealth of Independent States, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Trade

The Belarus Ministry of Transport and Communications has said that logistics companies from Russia, Belarus and Pakistan have signed a MoU that will allow increasing freight traffic between the three countries, but also with the countries of the “Far Arc” which also includes Brazil, Cuba, and Venezuela in Latin America; Nigeria and South Africa in

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Belarus

INSTC Route East Proves Competitiveness By Linking Belarus With China

Agriculture, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Exports, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russian Railways Logistics has signed a contract with one of Belarus’ leading fertilizer producers to provide a complete transport and logistics supply chain for full-scale container transportation of potash fertilizers in transit along the eastern route of the North-South international transport corridor (ITC) to China. Belarus is the world’s third-largest producer of potash, China is

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Lorries

Russia’s Bugristoe Border Checkpoint With Kazakhstan To Double Capacity  

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

The Bugristoe checkpoint on the border of Russia and Kazakhstan has begun a significant upgrading which will double the capacity of the border crossing, when completed at the end of 2026, according to the Russian Federal State Budgetary Institution Rosgranstroy. The works include the construction of 29 buildings and structures, the organisation of 32 lanes

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Caspian

Russia Eying Increases In Caspian Regional Exports 

Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Trade

Russia’s unrealized export potential in trade with the Caspian countries is estimated at US$3.5 billion, which is about 10% of Russia’s trade turnover with the countries of the region in 2023, according to Dmitry Volvach, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia. He was speaking at the Third Caspian Economic Forum in Tehran. Russia’s

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