Energy

Russia – Mongolia Bilateral Trade Up 21% In 8M 2024 As ‘Steppe Road’ Project Is Discussed

Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin has met with the Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene at the annual Prime Ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) currently being held in Islamabad. Russia is a founding member of the SCO, while Mongolia is an Observer nation. Mishustin said that “The Russian side is giving a […]

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Russia-Turkiye 2024 Relations: BRICS, Black Sea and US$100 Billion Trade Discussions

BRICS, Energy, Security, Trade

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Vershinin and Alexander Grushko met with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Mehmet Kemal Bozay in Moscow, for consultations to discuss the implementation of strategic economic and energy projects along with regional agenda items. The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that “The two parties had a substantive exchange of opinions on key

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Iran

Putin Meets With Iranian President Pezeshkian; Discusses Security, Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement

BRICS, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Security, Trade

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in Ashgabat. Their first face-to-face meeting since Pezeshkian was elected President of Iran in July, although they had telephone conversations during this time. The talks come at a key time for Middle-Eastern relations, with Israel expanding its military aggression, Yemen attacking Western shipping in

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Russia – Tajikistan 2024 Bilateral Relations: Update

Commonwealth of Independent States, Energy, Exports, Imports, Trade

Tajikistan’s President, Emomali Rahmon has met with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, as part of the two countries Intergovernmental Economic Cooperation Commission in Dushanbe. The Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that “The meeting addressed strengthening multi-faceted cooperation between Tajikistan and Russia. Attention was paid to expanding ties between the two countries in trade,

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China Russia

China Needs A Strong Russia, While Russia Needs A Stable China – Russian Foreign Minister

BRICS, China, Energy, Trade

The Russia-China relationship has been the focus of ongoing conjecture in the West, much of it referring to how Beijing will eventually outmanoeuvre Moscow and subsume Russia either via land grabs or financial coercion. Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister, has weighed in on the debate by stating, somewhat enigmatically, that “Our friendly and good-neighbourly relations

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Russia and Afghanistan

Russia – Afghanistan 2024 Bilateral Trade: Update

Energy, Exports, Trade

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov and the acting Afghan Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi have discussed trade and financial settlement processes in Russia-Afghani trade as well as plans to intensify trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, including in the energy sector, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. Lavrov and Muttaqi met on the

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Russia – Syria 2024 Bilateral Relations: Update  

Energy, Infrastructure, Trade

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been in New York attending the annual UN General Assembly. During the UN events, several other bilateral meetings were held as numerous countries wish to discuss current affairs with Moscow. Lavrov subsequently met with Bassam al-Sabbagh, Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. In the course of the meeting, they had

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Russia Yemen

Russia – Yemen 2024 Bilateral Relations: Update

Africa, BRICS, Energy, Investment, Trade

Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister Sergei Mochalnikov and Yemen’s Oil and Minerals Minister Saeed al-Shamasi, co-chairmen of the Russian-Yemeni intergovernmental commission, have been discussed the trade and economic cooperation between the two countries on fuel and energy on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week. The two sides discussed interaction in industry, agriculture, and modernization of

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Russia To Start Exporting World’s Biggest Coking Coal Deposits To East Asia From 2025

Energy, Exports, Trade

Russia’s Elginskoye coal deposits are one of the world’s biggest coking coal deposits, with JORC-compliant reserves of about 2.2 billion tonnes. Located in Yakutia, the Elga coal company, which operates the mine, is also building a private, ‘Pacific Railway’ which will start operations in 2025, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was speaking at

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