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Featured March 20, 2025

Russia Working On Tanzania’s Kiwira Thermal Power Plant

Inter RAO Export Project Management (a division of Inter RAO) plans to develop a project for the construction of the Kiwira thermal power plant (TPP) in Tanzania. The approximate cost is US$1.6 million. In 2025, only the development of the feasibility study is planned, including the contracting of an appropriate subcontractor from the Russian side. […]

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Featured March 18, 2025

Russia’s Pivot To Asia: New 2025 Guide To West Africa Out Now   

This unique and brand new 2025 Guide includes Russia’s trade, investment and development status with Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.  West Africa is a diverse region, with a considerable European colonial past and some regional conflicts, especially in the […]

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March 17, 2025

Russia, Venezuela 2025 Foreign Relations: Update

Russia and Venezuela are celebrating their 80th year of diplomatic relations this year, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov giving comments on contemporary relations on Friday (March 14). This is an edited overview of what he had to say, concentrating on the trade and investment issues: Background “Today, Russian-Venezuelan relations are developing on a firm […]

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March 16, 2025

United States Wants To Collaborate With Gazprom In The Arctic 

Moscow and Washington are currently in talks over the possibility of future cooperation with Gazprom on international projects, including in the Arctic region, according to Bloomberg, citing Russian and European officials. The news comes as the United States seeks to normalize relations with Russia and gain access to the economically important region. The Arctic has […]

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March 8, 2025

Russia’s Zarubezhneft Begins Oil Extraction In Cuba

Russia’s Zarubezhneft, a state-owned oil company specializing in exploration, development and operation of oil and gas fields outside Russia, has transitioned from pilot production to the exploitation phase of its Boca de Jaruco project in Cuba. The Boca de Jaruco field produces extra-viscous, extra-heavy oil (natural bitumen) from carbonate deposits using thermal steam methods. Zarubezhneft […]

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March 5, 2025

Russia To Build Myanmar Nuclear Power Plant, Increase Agriculture & Infrastructure Development 

Russia and Myanmar have signed an intergovernmental agreement on the principles of cooperation in the construction of a small-sized nuclear power plant in Myanmar, with a ceremony to exchange the documents following talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Myanmar Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing at the Kremlin. The agreement deals with the land-based configuration […]

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March 4, 2025

Namibia Considering Russian Nuclear Energy Cooperation  

The ‘Russia-Africa: Nuclear Education – Potential for Successful Regional Development’ forum has been taking place at the Peoples’ Friendship University (RUDN) in Moscow, with Frednard Gideon, Vice Chancellor of the University of Namibia (UNAM) stating that “Namibia is the world’s fourth-largest producer of uranium. We started mining it in 1976. Uranium is produced, but it […]

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March 1, 2025

Rosatom Wins Contract To Enrich Brazilian Uranium    

Russia’s nuclear energy state corporation, Rosatom, has won a Brazilian tender to provide conversion and enrichment services for domestically produced uranium, according to the companies press service, which stated the contract signed by Rosatom with the Brazilian state company Industrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) is “worth around US$40 million.” It is expected that Brazilian uranium […]

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February 27, 2025

Russia-Iraq 2025 Trade & Investment: Update 

The Russia-Iraq Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation has been holding its bilateral meetings in Baghdad this week, with the two countries analyzing their existing agreements and exploring new ones to better develop more active business cooperation.  Russia Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev, in attendance, said to the Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein “Thank […]

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