Finance Archives - RUSSIA'S PIVOT TO ASIA

Featured 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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Featured 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.

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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.

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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.

August 8, 2026

The 2026 Russia-Kyrgyzstan Economic Forum: Agreements And Analysis

The VIII Russia-Kyrgyzstan Economic Forum has just finished in Issyk-Kul. With bilateral trade increasing by 25% in 2026, over US$800 million in investment agreements, and a further US$1 billion in development funds were agreed. We examine the future development of Russia-Kyrgyz trade and investments.

August 6, 2026

Russia Legalizes Cryptocurrency Trading: Changes & Impact On Foreign Trade

Russian President Putin has signed into law the Russian cryptocurrency usage bill. Trading is permitted but not payment for goods or services in Russia. We examine the implications for Russia’s foreign trade and other financial settlement developments.

August 2, 2026

Russian Freight & Logistics Market To Expand 13% To US$86 Billion In 2031: Report

Russia’s development of its domestic freight and logistics sector is expected to grow by over 13% in the period 2026-2031. We provide a comprehensive breakdown of this data – which is nearly 3 times more than the United States growth, and over 4 times more than the European Union over the same period.

August 2, 2026

Funding Russia’s Transarctic Corridor

Russia intends to raise over US$400 billion from domestic and overseas investors to complete its Transarctic Transport Corridor. That is about 30% of China’s total spending thus far on the Belt & Road Initiative. The majority of this funding is expected to come from the private sector.