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Burkina Faso

Russian Mergers & Acquisition In Burkina Faso’s Gold Mining Industry

Africa, Finance, Investment, Russian Market, Trade

Russia’s Okto Group are negotiating with their fellow Russian mining company Nordgold to purchase a gold mine in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The deal amount for the sale of Nordgold’s assets in Burkina Faso is estimated at being over US$1 billion. According to the latest disclosed data (for 2021), the combined production of Nordgold’s mines […]

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Poker

How The United States Played Poker With Europe – And Trumped Brussels

Economy, Europe, Finance, Security, Trade

The new threats by US President Donald Trump to place an additional 25% tariffs on European exports entering US markets emphasize just how naïve European politicians have been when it comes to international diplomacy and foreign affairs. In threatening such measures should the EU (and specifically Denmark) do not agree to cede Greenland to the

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Euroclear

First Arbitration Hearing For Russia’s €200 Billion Claim Against Euroclear To Be Heard In Closed Session

Economy, Europe, Finance, Regulatory, Legal & Tax, Russian Market

The Moscow Arbitration Court has granted the application of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) to consider the regulator’s lawsuit against the Belgian depository Euroclear for €200 billion in a closed court session. The decision was confirmed on Friday (January 16). A statement issued by the bank read, “The Central Bank of Russia requests to

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Structure

The End of Easy Growth: Structural Lessons from the 2025 Russia-China Trade Decline

China, Economy, Finance, Russian Market, Trade

In 2025, Russia-China trade entered a new and more complex phase. After four consecutive years of uninterrupted expansion, bilateral trade turnover declined for the first time since the covid pandemic in 2020. According to Chinese customs data cited by Russia’s Trade Representative to China Alexey Dakhnovsky, two-way trade fell by 6.9% year-on-year, reaching US$228.105 billion.

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Vladivostok

Russia-China Joint Venture Redomiciles From Cyprus to Vladivostok

China, Finance, Foreign Investment, Regulatory, Legal & Tax, Russian Market, Trade

The joint venture between Russia’s SIBUR and China’s Sinopec, which owns the Krasnoyarsk Synthetic Rubber Plant (KZSK), has redomiciled from Cyprus to the special administrative region on Russky Island, Vladivostok Urban District, the Unified State Registry of Legal Entities (USRLE) has stated. The USRLE said that Sibur-Sinopec Rubber Holding Company International LLC redomiciled in late

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M&A

Chinese Packaging Manufacturers On The Hunt To Acquire Stakes In Russian Companies

China, Finance, Foreign Investment, Russian Market, Trade

Major Chinese aseptic packaging manufacturers are showing interest in Russian companies producing cardboard food packaging, with the most likely Russian partner being Lambumiz , a leading dairy packaging manufacturer, with potential acquisition of a 25% stake, according to Russian industry sources. Apparently several of China’s largest aseptic packaging manufacturers are interested in potential equity stakes

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Tariffs Main

Trump’s 500% Tariffs Against India, China and Brazil, and the Venezuela Oil Issue: Analysis

Brazil, China, Economy, Europe, Finance, India, Russian Market, Trade

U.S. President Donald Trump has renewed his threat of imposing punitive tariffs of up to 500% on countries such as India, China, and Brazil that continue to import Russian crude oil. While the announcement has generated immediate political noise, it has thus far resulted in limited economic shockwaves. Trump’s decision to “greenlight” legislation threatening 500%

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SCO

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation To Overtake G7 GDP By 2030

China, Economy, Europe, Finance, India, Russian Market, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

As the United States has aptly demonstrated, the global world order is changing and is in the process of being remade into new alliances—both in terms of political and military pressure, with the latter now being utilised to enforce the former.  Yet the current position Washington is taking—with assets close to its own territory as

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China 2025

Russia-China 2025 Bilateral Trade To Exceed US$220 Billion

China, Economy, Finance, Russian Market, Trade

Bilateral trade between Russia and China is expected to reach slightly above US$220 billion by the end of 2025, despite the market-driven adjustment currently affecting trade indicators, the Russian Ambassador to China, Igor Morgulov has said. He was addressing faculty members and students of the Renmin University of China, and stated “At present, due to

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