A joint Sino-Russian venture, ABK Lider LLC is investing ₽1.1 billion (USD13.5 million) in the construction of a manufacturing plant to produce blocks, wall panels and ventilation shafts from Autoclaved Aerated Concrete. The plant will be established in the Bolshoi Kamen Priority Development Area in Primorye. Bolshoi Kamen itself is a major sea port and […]
Growing demands on Chinese automakers to localize production in Russia are forcing them to expand their warehouse capacity within the country. For example, Haval leased 42,000 square meters in the Klin industrial park near Moscow – one of the largest deals in the commercial property rental sector this year to date. Reports from the Moscow […]
Chinese investors plan to build a trade and logistics complex, an industrial park of building materials and a plant for the production of metal structures in Primorsky Krai, with a total investment amount of about ₽2.7 billion (US$33 million), according to the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic (KRDV). The […]
The Primorsky Krai regional Government in Russia’s Far East has said that the local JSC Nakhodka Ship Repair Plant (NSRY) plans to assemble Chinese ship engines at its facilities. Cooperation in shipbuilding was discussed at a meeting between various managers of numerous industrial enterprises from Primorye and China on Tuesday (February 25) in Vladivostok. Anatoly […]
The ex-Volkswagen auto-manufacturing plant at Kaluga is launching auto manufacturing of cars under Russia’s Tenet brand, according to regional governor Vladislav Shapsha. Volkswagen exited the Russian market in 2023, selling the business to their Russian dealership, Avilon, who paid an estimated US$135 million for VW’s Russian business. Volkswagen reportedly invested more than US$800 million to […]
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Russia’s System Operator has proposed considering imports of electricity from China, constructing a 250 MW rapidly deployable gas turbine unit (GTU) and developing renewable energy sources as near-term measures to address the energy deficit in the Russian Far East. Fyodor Opadchy, Chairman of Unified Energy System (SO UES JSC) the System Operator, said that “In […]
Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science has expanded the list of universities whose diplomas are recognized by the Russian authorities, and added Cairo University (Egypt), The University of Science Malaysia, University of Sharjah (UAE), and Tehran University (Iran) to its approved list. Accepted Universities must appear in at least three international rankings for 2024 out […]
In addition to the recent example of China’s Torklink Controls, who are investing over ₽100 million (US$1 million) into an assembly plant in Moscow, the Chinese automobile exporter Biulu (Chongqing Biulu Automotive Technology) has opened a consignment warehouse in Belarus for processing Chinese, European and other vehicles for subsequent deliveries to Russia and CIS countries. […]
Torklink Controls, a partner of the Chinese company Flowinn, is investing over ₽100 million (US$1 million) into an assembly plant for electric actuators for pipeline valves at the Yesipovo Industrial Park in the Solnechnogorsk region of Moscow. The investment is typical of the type of Foreign Direct Investment Russia is now attracting, as Chinese manufacturers […]
Jim Rogers, the legendary American investor and hedge fund manager has predicted a Russian economic boom once the Ukraine conflict ends, allowing foreign investors to return to the market. In an interview he gave on January 8th, Rogers said the resolution of the conflict would stabilize the geopolitical situation and positively impact Russian bonds, the […]
Belgrade is ready to purchase Russia’s share in the Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS), a key energy company in Serbia, in the wake of looming US sanctions against it, the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has stated. Washington threatened to impose sanctions against NIS over Russian ownership. Russia provides about 15% of Serbia’s total energy needs. Vucic […]
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