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Russia’s Mutual Fund Investment Market Expands To Record Capital Volumes

Economy, Finance, Infrastructure, Investment, Russian Market

2024 was a banner year for Russia’s collective investment markets, which expanded with a record number of mutual funds and the largest number of new management companies for over a decade. Wealthy investors – including foreign investors – are primarily interested in Russian industry. Since sanctions were imposed in 2022, Russian investors have been limited […]

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Digital Assets

Russia’s Digital Financial Assets Grew Fourfold In 2024  

Economy, Finance, Infrastructure, Russian Market, Trade

Russia’s digital financial assets market grew more than 4 times in 2024, according to the Russian ACRA credit rating agency. Although still developing and partially hampered by sanctions, the overall trend is positive, with holdings up to ₽150 billion by the end of last year. According to ACRA’s estimates, digital financial instruments in Russia have

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BRICS-DeepSeek

Can Russia And BRICS Produce A DeepSeek And Overtake ChatGPT?  

BRICS, China, Economy, Infrastructure, Russian Market

US stocks lost over US$1 trillion overnight (January 27) as China’s High Flyer, a Hedge Fund in Hangzhou, launched its Chinese chatbot, named ‘Deepseek’. The app appears to offer the same facilities as the US developed OpenAI and its ChatGPT tool, and the same performance but with fewer resources. Deepseek has already overtaken ChatGPT as

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Putin Xi

2025 Russia-China Presidential Visits Confirmed As Putin & Xi Discuss Trade and Development

China, Economy, Infrastructure, Trade

The Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by video conference on Tuesday (January 21). Xi was invited to attend the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9, while Putin was invited to China’s events to commemorate the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan in Beijing on September 3. The talks

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Rubles Rials

Russia’s VTB Bank To Open Full Banking Services In Iran

BRICS, Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Finance, Middle East, Trade

Russia’s VTB bank plans to open a full-fledged subsidiary bank in Iran by the end of 2025, the bank’s President and Board Chairman Andrei Kostin has stated. VTB opened a representative office in Iran in 2023. Kostin said that “We plan to open a full-service bank by the end of this year. VTB will be

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Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Q&A On Russia’s Foreign Policy 2025: Analysis

Asia, BRICS, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Finance, India, Infrastructure, Trade

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, gave an extensive media interview and Q&A session on Tuesday (January 14), at which many questions were asked. The full transcript, including comments about the United States, Ukraine, sanctions and so on, can be read here. In this article, we highlight the comments he made pertinent to our specific

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Dedollarisation

Over Half Of All Countries Worldwide Are De-Dollarizing 

BRICS, China, Economy, Finance, India, Regulatory, Trade

More than half of the countries across the world have declared a boycott of the US dollar, an analysis conducted by Russia’s Sputnik media has showed. In 2024, 14 more nations embarked on de-dollarisation, according to Sputnik’s analysis. 46 countries have switched to making transactions in national currencies, and 53 countries now openly oppose the

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ASEAN COver

Russia’s Pivot To Asia 2025 Guide To ASEAN

Asia, Economy, Exports, Finance, Imports, Logistics & Transport, Russia's Belt & Road, Trade

Russia’s Pivot To Asia have just published their 2025 Guide to ASEAN, which details Russia’s trade, investment and geopolitical involvement with the ASEAN group. ASEAN includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. We detail Russian trade trends looking back at 2024 and ahead into 2025, and also include chapters

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