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.
A joint project of Russia’s Tatneft and Kazakhstan’s Samruk-Kazyna wealth fund to build a butadiene plant is to begin its investment phase in July 2025, with China Tianchen Engineering Corporation as its contractor, the Kazakhstan government’s press service has said. Butadiene is a colorless gas and a crucial industrial chemical primarily used to produce synthetic […]
China has suggested that Russia boost oil supplies via Kazakhstan by 2.5 million tonnes per year, and Russia is ready to do this, according to Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. He was speaking about the protocol on amendments to the intergovernmental agreement approved by the Russian government. Novak clarified that “This is a proposal […]
Russia supplied approximately 11,400 tonnes of sunflower oil to Singapore in January-April 2025, according to the Russian Agroexport Federal Centre, who stated that “Compared to the largest supply volume recorded for the entire year of 2020, exports have increased more than 11-fold. Previously, imports to Singapore were negligible and did not exceed 1,000 tonnes per […]
Russia’s FESCO shipping has completed its first direct ship call to Ho Chi Minh City, on Vietnam’s east coast. The service operates on FESCO’s Baltorient Line (FBOL) service, which takes in St. Petersburg, as well as ports in India and China. The transit time from St. Peterburg to Ho Chi Minh City is about 34 […]
The 15th meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Egyptian Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation was held in Moscow on 14 May. It was held by Anton Alikhanov, Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, and Hassan Al-Khatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Arab Republic of Egypt. […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt at the Kremlin on Friday, and described the country as one of Moscow’s “key partners in Africa.” An Egyptian delegation traveled to Moscow to take part in the Victory Day parade on Red Square, and also held bilateral meetings. Putin described the […]
Russia and Vietnam are commemorating their 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year, in what has been a fascinating diplomatic relationship over the decades. To mark the occasion, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, wrote a specific article for the event. This is what he had to say: “Russian-Vietnamese ties have a long history and […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro have signed a strategic partnership agreement to expand cooperation across key sectors, the Kremlin has announced. The deal was sealed on Wednesday (May 7) in Moscow after talks between the two leaders. Maduro had arrived in the Russian capital to attend the May 9 Victory […]
Kazakhstan has significantly increased the volume of grain and coal transported via rail through Russia, particularly along the eastern route of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). According to Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the country’s national railway operator, container traffic along this corridor rose by 63% in the first quarter of 2025, surpassing 1,000 twenty-foot […]
Russia and Cuba commemorate their 65th anniversary of diplomatic ties on May 8th, in what has been a fascinating diplomatic relationship over the decades. To mark the occasion, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, wrote a specific article for the event. This is what he had to say: “On May 8, the Russian Federation and […]
Transport connectivity and development of renewable energy can become driver of sustainable development in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), according to Arzybek Kozhoshev, the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission. He was speaking at the Global Mountain Dialogue conference in Bishkek, dedicated to the prospects for sustainable development of mountain regions. […]
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