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Omsk

Omsk To Be Developed As A Transmodal Logistics Centre For China And Kazakhstan

China, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Trade

The Russian city of Omsk is to be directed as a key transmodal logistics hub servicing trade with China and Kazakhstan, according to development plans and investments of ₽30 billion (US$340 million) outlined by Vitaly Khotsenko, the regional governor.  Omsk will focus its regional trade on organising cargo transportation with China, Kazakhstan and other Asian […]

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Russia – Gulf Cooperation Council Trade & Relations: Update

BRICS, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov has arrived in Saudi Arabia for a Russia-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ministerial conference. He will attend a ministerial meeting of the Russia-GCC Strategic Dialogue and will have several additional bilateral meetings. The Gulf Cooperation Council is a regional free trade organization comprising Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and

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Russia, Mongolia Agree To Modernise Ulaan Baatar’s Soviet-Era Coal Power Station

Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Investment, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Talks are also underway about building a small nuclear power plant and new Kharkhorum city  During Russian President’s Vladimir Putin’s visit to Mongolia, the two countries have agreed on a project to modernize the No. 3 Combined Heat and Power Plant in Ulaanbaatar. An intergovernmental agreement was signed on front end engineering design for Ulaanbaatar

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The 2024 Eastern Economic Forum Opens in Vladivostok

BRICS, Eurasian Economic Union, Foreign Investment, Trade

The 9th annual Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) opened on Tuesday (September 3) in Vladivostok.  The EEF is Russia’s largest development and investment platform for Asia and is targeted at developing the economy of the Russian Far East and expanding international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. This year’s primary showcase guest is Vietnam, while around 6,000

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Russian and Iranian Auto Manufacturers Look To Cooperate  

BRICS, Eurasian Economic Union, Investment, Trade

Iranian and Russian automobile and parts manufacturers met at the MIMS Automobility Moscow 2024 last week to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation, as bilateral trade and supply of Iranian auto parts has increased by 450% since the county signed a Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union and joined BRICS. The Iranian delegation, led

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Democratic Mongolia Ignores European “International Criminal Court” Claims Over Putin Warrant

Eurasian Economic Union, Miscellaneous

Mongolia has ignored the arrest warrant issued by the ill-named “International Criminal Court” (ICC), a legal institution based in the Hague. The ICC had issued a warrant for the arrest and detention of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on charges of war crimes committed in Ukraine. Western media has made much of Mongolia’s non-complicity during

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Russia Provides Tajikistan With Wind Farm Energy Investment Proposal 

Commonwealth of Independent States, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Investment, Trade

Russia’s Rosatom has presented an investment project to Tajikistan to build renewable energy facilities with capacity of up to 1 GW. The project was discussed during meetings between Russia’s trade mission in Tajikistan, Rosatom Renewable Energy and Tajikistan’s Energy and Water Resources Ministry. Tajik Deputy Energy Minister Manuchehr Safarzoda said his country has huge potential

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Mongolia – Russia: Presidential Visit

Eurasian Economic Union, Logistics & Transport, Trade

According to the Kremlin press service, at the invitation of Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to Mongolia on September 3, 2024. Among the topics to be discussed and moved forward are trade, economic and energy projects developing within the context of Russian-Mongolian relations based on their comprehensive

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Russia – Kazakhstan 2024 Bilateral Relations: Update

Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Investment, Trade

The Russian President Vladimir Putin held conversations with the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on 26 August. The two continued discussions of current issues of mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation and development, including in the energy sector. Kazakhstan shares a 7,242km border with Russia, while President Tokayev owes his current position to a Russian intervention in

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Russia – Armenia 2024 Bilateral Relations: Update 

Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Investment, Trade

The Russian President Vladimir Putin held conversations with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on August 23, during which the two officials continued discussions concerning the  normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, including taking into account the negotiations between Vladimir Putin and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev during Putin’s recent state visit to Baku. Putin confirmed the

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