The EAEU Free Trade Bloc includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia and fills the economic space between Eastern Europe and Western China. With Free Trade Agreements now in place with China, Indonesia, Iran, Mongolia, Serbia, Singapore, the UAE and Vietnam, and negotiations well underway with India and Egypt, the EAEU is developing as a vast Eurasian trade space. Leverage the EAEU single market as we discuss business regulations, customs procedures, and trade advantages for companies operating within or trading with the Eurasian Economic Union.
The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) is to study a free trade agreement between the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Jordan. The EAEU includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. , Jordan has a GDP (PPP) of US$154 billion. We examine the current trade dynamics between Jordan and the EAEU countries.
The Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has met with the speaker of the Lok Sabha (Indian Parliament) Om Birla, in New Delhi. The two discussed bilateral parliamentary and legal links as well as bilateral trade, with Volodin saying that Russia-India trade had risen 24.3% in the first seven months of 2026.
The Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the governing body for the Eurasian Economic Union, has compiled a report on Armenia’s potential departure from the bloc and moves to join the European Union. A decision whether to suspend Armenia from the EAEU will be made in December. We examine what the report states, the likely economic impact of an Armenian suspension, and what happens next.
The Russian Foreign Minister, Prime and Deputy Prime Ministers have all held a series of meetings with senior Iranian officials including the President, and Foreign and Trade Ministers. We examine the security issues, two separate rail connectivity developments, nuclear energy, bilateral trade growth and where Iran is poised to fit into the Eurasian and African trade and supply chains. It is essential reading for anyone involved in Middle Eastern and Central Asian affairs.
The first Iran-Russia Trade Development summit has taken place in Bandar Anzali, and places a sharply defined economic proposition at the centre of Tehran’s northern trade strategy. The Caspian Sea acts as a gateway to Russia’s US$300 billion annual import market into substantially larger non-oil exports, transit flows and cross-border investment. We deep dive the bilateral Russia-Iran trade and investment developments.
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Kuibyshev Railways and the Deng Xiaoping Terminal in Russia’s Tatarstan region has sent its first container train of wheat by rail to Vietnam. The train, consisting of 76 containers with 2,000 tonnes of wheat, departed from the hub’s One Belt One Road terminal, and will finish its journey in Vladivostok. From there, the containers will be sent to Vietnam by sea.
Belarus is shipping exports to Indonesia via Vladivostok, after the two countries were united via a Free Trade Agreement through the Eurasian Economic Union. Bilateral trade volumes are relatively small at US$220 million in 2025 but this is expected to double in the next two years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has provided his annual speech at this years Valdai Discussion Club, focussing on the trend towards multipolarity, the need for reform at the United Nations, the concept of sovereignty, BRICS, international law, Ukraine, the USSR, Artificial Intelligence, and the Greater Eurasian Partnership. We also provide analysis on what was said. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Moscow’s current thinking as concerns global affairs.
Intra-Eurasian Economic Union trade has grown by 10% in 7M this year. The bloc includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, filling the geographic space between Eastern Europe and Western China. If this growth continues for the rest of 2026, multilateral trade values would surpass US$100 billion for the first time.
The Eurasian Economic Union – United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement came into effect on October 6th. We examine the multilateral trade flows, key areas of imports and exports, the resulting tariff reductions and the expected impact on Russia-UAE trade flows.
The port of Murmansk is welcoming a large increase in cargo traffic, which is tied to the confluence of geopolitical events, including what is happening in the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, and the EU’s desire to switch itself off from energy and trade with Russia. Pavel Oleynik, Executive Director of the Commercial Port […]
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