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The IMF Have Not Visited Either Russia Or Belarus This Decade. How Can Their Economic Analysis Be Accurate? 

Commonwealth of Independent States, Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Finance, Regulatory

Russian academics have begun questioning the level of economic and political intelligence being cited by the West when it comes its collective analysis of Russia, with many perplexed about how the West so consistently sticks to its statements that it is being threatened by Russia, that the country is collapsing, and economic decline is imminent. […]

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The Impartiality Of The Kyiv School of Economics – As Vested Interests Interfere

Economy, Finance, Russia

The Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) has become the de facto go-to resource for Western economic intelligence about both Ukraine and Russia, with especially the Financial Times regularly quoting its research and statistics. Yet how impartial and honest is its data?   The KSE functions as a non-state think tank, however, is funded by donors such

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Far East

Russia To Build Ten Industrial Technology Parks In The Far East By 2030

Asia, China, Finance, Infrastructure, Russia, Trade

The Russian government is to build at least 10 Industrial and Technology Parks in the Far East and the Russian Arctic by 2030, the Kremlin said on Tuesday (November 4). Instructions were issued by the President, and read “To the Russian government: Taking into account previously issued instructions, ensure the creation by 2030 in the

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China-Russia Bilateral Relations – November 2025 Update

Asia, China, Economy, Exports, Finance, Imports, Investment, Trade

The Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met with their respective business delegations at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Mishustin was accompanied by Deputy Prime Ministers Tatyana Golikova, Dmitry Chernyshenko, Yury Trutnev and Alexander Novak, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to China Igor Morgulov, Minister of Agriculture

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Russia Gaining Indian Carbon Credits From Investments In Uzbekistan Solar Power

Commonwealth of Independent States, Energy, Finance, India, Investment, Russia

Russia’s Tatneft has registered a project to generate solar power in Uzbekistan on India’s Universal Carbon Registry platform, the company has stated, saying, “We have installed solar power plants with an overall capacity of 0.33 MW on the roofs of a tire manufacturing plant in Uzbekistan. Clean solar energy is now used for production needs,

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ECommerce

Russia & Central Asia’s E-Commerce Market: A Deep Dive Introduction

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Finance, Imports, Infrastructure, Russia, Trade

Central Asia’s e-commerce market reached approximately US$14.7 billion in 2024, up from US$11.1 billion in 2023, driven by increasing internet penetration (now over 80% in urban areas) and smartphone adoption, according to data released by the IMARC Group. When considering this, it is pertinent to note the size of the two main bordering e-commerce markets

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Russia’s Private Investment Appetite for Public-Private Partnerships Shows Significant Growth 

Economy, Finance, Infrastructure, Investment, Russia

Russian private investment into its national transport development projects, financed under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreements, has reached ₽246 billion (US$3 billion) in the first nine months of 2025, according to Natalya Morshchikhina, Director of the Department of Financial and Banking Activities and Investment Development of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development. She was speaking at

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Sinopec

China Withdraws Investment In Europe As Sinopec Hong Kong Purchases Russian SIBUR Equity From Its Own Cyprus Subsidiary

China, Energy, Finance, Investment, Russia, Security

Sinopec’s Soihl Hong Kong Holdings have purchased 217,847,910 (8.5% of the total equity) shares in SIBUR from Soihl Cyprus Investment Limited, also a subsidiary of Sinopec, the Chinese state-owned Petrochem giant, moving the SIBUR equity holding away from the EU to Hong Kong. The transfer was made following a decree issued by Russian President Vladimir

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Crypto

Russia’s Crypto Market Value Now Larger Than European Players  

Finance, Russia, Trade

Russia has overtaken its rivals to become Europe’s largest cryptocurrency market by transaction volume, according to data from Singapore’s blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. In a report released on Thursday (October 16), Chainalysis said that from July 2024 to June 2025, Russia received US$376 billion in crypto value—up from US$256.5 billion a year earlier and surpassing

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