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Russia imported about US$240 billion worth of goods in 2025, ranging from selected agricultural products, cars, machinery, electronics, and high-tech goods. The Russian consumer market is also changing in light of new preferences and tastes created by its move into new markets in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.

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Featured July 10, 2025

Russia, ASEAN Prepare New Five Year Partnership Agreement

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the top diplomats of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states have been meeting in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. These are part of the annual Russia-ASEAN foreign ministers’ meetings. Lavrov will also be attending the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum for security. ASEAN […]

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July 8, 2025

Brazil, Russia and BRICS Trade Relations: July 2025 Update   

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, met with Mauro Vieira, the Foreign Minister Brazil on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil is a founding member of BRICS and the host country of this year’s event. During their conversation, Lavrov and Viera discussed upcoming Russian-Brazilian dialogue, and coordinated their actions in […]

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July 7, 2025

New East China-Moscow Direct Freight Rail Service  

Russia’s Yuzhny Port terminal in Moscow has received a train with consumer goods from China for the first time, according to Russian Railways Logistics. The cargo was destined for the Southern Port Terminal, which has launched a regular import container service, with trains being prepared at China’s main Hefei city railway station and transiting through […]

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July 5, 2025

Russia, Saudi Arabia 2025 Relations: Update 

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrovm has held talks with Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, yesterday (July 4). Al Saud is in Moscow on a working visit.  The ministers called for maintaining a regular Russian-Saudi dialogue and intensifying delegation exchanges. They stressed the need for promoting […]

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July 1, 2025

Russia Estimates Saudi Arabian Agricultural Market As Having Significant Growth Potential

Russia has significant potential to increase agricultural exports to Saudi Arabia, with the total export potential of Russian agricultural products to the country estimated at US$1.4 billion by 2030, according to Ilya Ilyushin, Head of the Agroexport Federal Center. He was speaking at the Russian-Saudi GRAS Agro-Industrial Forum in Moscow on June 30. The GRAS Forum is the first-of-its-kind platform […]

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June 30, 2025

Russia, Kyrgyzstan 2025 Bilateral Relations, Trade and Migrant Labour: Updates

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has been on an official visit to Kyrgyzstan to meet with the Kyrgyz  President Sadyr Japarov and Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubayev. He arrived at Cholpon-Ata, a resort town on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul, where bilateral meetings were held, and the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective […]

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June 30, 2025

Another Mongolia Border Checkpoint Expanded, Free Economic Zone Established

With the pending Eurasian Economic Union – Mongolia Free Trade Agreement shortly to come into effect, another vehicle checkpoint is being upgraded on the Russia-Mongolia border, this one being at Tashanta, on the border of the Altai Republic with Tsagaannuur in Mongolia. The border crossing is part of the AH4 international highway, and will be […]

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June 30, 2025

Russia, Turkiye To Increase and Diversify Bilateral Agricultural Trade

Russia and Turkiye plan to strengthen bilateral cooperation in agriculture with the aim of increasing and diversifying Russian-Turkish trade in agricultural products, according to a protocol from the Russian-Turkish intergovernmental commission meeting held last Friday (June 27). The meeting assessed the work of the executive committee on bilateral agriculture. Sunflower oil, wheat bran, sunflower meal, […]

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June 29, 2025

Sierra Leone to Grant Russia Rights to Fish in Its Atlantic Ocean Waters

Sierra Leone’s government is prepared to grant Russian fishing operators an annual catch quota of 40,000 tons, along with investment incentives aimed at boosting bilateral cooperation in the aquaculture sector, according to the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo). The agency said the move was discussed during the inaugural session of the Russian-Sierra Leone Fisheries […]

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