Finance Archives - RUSSIA'S PIVOT TO ASIA

Featured August 25, 2026

Russia, India Bilateral Relations & Trade Developments: August 2026 Update

The Indian Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, has been in Moscow to meet with Russian President Putin and other senior officials. This comes ahead of important upcoming Heads of State summits with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the BRICS at which both the Russian and Indian senior leaders will be present. We examine the Moscow meetings, discuss bilateral trade and look at where this dynamic relationship can be expected to develop.

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Featured August 20, 2026

How The Development Of Tourism and Hospitality Is Reshaping Russia’s Economic Landscape: Analysis

Both Russia’s inbound and outbound tourism sectors are booming despite Western sanctions designed to prevent it. Instead, the market has completely recalibrated. We deep dive what is happening in this important development sector and the economic impact and investments this is producing both in Russia and in overseas markets.

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August 20, 2026

Russia’s VTB Opens QR Code Payments System In Thailand

Russia’s VTB bank has rolled out a QR code payment system throughout Thailand, allowing its Russian clients to make instantaneous payments of up to US$1,3460 a time via selected outlets. With 2 million Russian tourists expected to visit Thailand this year, the system bypasses Western financial sanctions and gives back independence to both Thai retailers and Russian consumers.

August 18, 2026

Russia Amends Its Foreign Investment Goals, Tightens Buy-Back Options

Russia has tweaked its inbound foreign investment requirements and is looking for FDI that will utilise Russian manufacturing to add value. In addition, the ‘buy-back’ re-entry requirements into Russia for companies that exited the market yet wish to return have been tightened. We also examine the current inbound FDI volumes into Russia and look at the numbers of Western investors remaining operational in the country.

August 16, 2026

H1 2026 China-Russia Economic Cooperation: Important Updates On Regional Integration, Industrial Localization, & Logistics Connectivity

Russia-China trade has hit record highs again in H1 2026. Yet there is more to come. We deep-dive the bilateral relationship and look into the massive infrastructure builds and interconnectivity projects under development, and look at all the Russian and Chinese regions involved in significant moves that will completely change the face of Eurasian trade, development, and wealth creation.

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August 14, 2026

Russia Creates Largest Non-Dollar Stablecoin With A US$140 Billion Turnover

Russia’s A7 stablecoin has become the world’s largest non-US Dollar linked crypto asset with a US$140 billion turnover, larger than the European’s Union EURC equivalent.

August 13, 2026

BRICS Grain Exchange Mechanism Discussed as Volumes Could Exceed US$1 Trillion

Russia presented the concept and structure of the proposed BRICS Grain Exchange and how it will work at the 16th meeting of the BRICS Economic and Foreign Trade ministers in Jaipur last week, according to the Russian Economic Development Ministry. Russia proposed to create the BRICS Grain Exchange as a unified digital trading platform where […]

August 13, 2026

Linde UK Assets Transferred To Russian Client After Default

The assets of the British company Linde, has been transferred to a major consumer of their products – Russia’s Kuibyshevazot. The transfer came as part of debt collection related to a defaulted contract for constructing a gas processing complex in Ust-Luga. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, on August 10, 100% […]

August 12, 2026

Russia’s Growing Railway Partnerships With Asia And The Global South: A Strategic, Geopolitical and Financial Analysis

Russia has been developing a massive international railway strategy that includes multiple industrial development sectors and infrastructure across Central Asia, the Middle East, India, China, and deep into Southeast Asia on a scale little recognised. We deep dive the expansion of Russia’s railway development, how it is managing this, and the potential new routes that could become available.

August 12, 2026

BRICS Countries Discussing Central Banks Payment Systems & Digital Currencies

The BRICS nations are discussing linking their payment systems and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as they explore ways to reduce the costs and increase the speed of cross-border payments, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra. He said that “Cross-border payments is an area of interest for all of us, including […]

August 10, 2026

The 2026 Uzbekistan-Bashkortostan Business Forum: Investment, Trade & Development Analysis

The 2026 Uzbekistan-Bashkortostan Business Forum has just taken place in Ufa, Russia. With bilateral trade growing at 20% this year, we deep dive the relationship between Bashkortostan and Uzbekistan, the investments being made and the prospects of the two countries hitting US$30 billion in trade by 2030.