India-Russia trade is undergoing a major structural reset, transitioning from a relationship dominated by energy and defense into a diversified economic partnership. President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi formalized a blueprint for long-term economic integration with targets to reach US$100 billion by 2030. Explore the Russia-India business corridor. Find analysis on bilateral trade, strategic joint ventures, and investment opportunities. Key intelligence for companies in this growing partnership.
Manila has submitted a list for customizations to their missile systems to India, according to the Philippines Defense Secretary, Gilberto Teodoro. These include five BrahMos missile systems and nearly 60 missiles for up to US$800 million. The BrahMos system is a joint India-Russia venture with India producing export market variants. Indonesia and Vietnam have also purchased BrahMos systems.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government have been meeting in Dushanbe to discuss a 2026-2030 trade cooperation roadmap, plans for a digital freight platform and industrial investment-project database, and renewed efforts to establish an SCO Development Bank. Together, these initiatives aim to build on existing trade flows and expand cross-border infrastructure, investment and industrial cooperation. We identify what decisions were made and the implications. This article is of primary interest to anyone involved in Eurasian development and geopolitics.
The Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has met with the speaker of the Lok Sabha (Indian Parliament) Om Birla, in New Delhi. The two discussed bilateral parliamentary and legal links as well as bilateral trade, with Volodin saying that Russia-India trade had risen 24.3% in the first seven months of 2026.
The 2026 Russia Energy Week has just concluded in Moscow, with about 6,600 participants and executives from 85 countries attending. The event combines energy trade discussions with industrial modernisation, nuclear technology exports, engineering cooperation and investment opportunities across Asian and other international markets. We examine what happened and the deals made.
The 2026 AgroProdMash event has recently taken place in Moscow, part of an aggressive overhaul of Russia’s food processing industry, involving technical re-equipment, modernizing food plants, and scaling up processing capabilities. There are opportunities for foreign suppliers to participate in this sector as Russia intends to increase agricultural production by 25% and boost agricultural exports by 1.5 times by 2030. We showcase the event and provide analysis and detail the agreements reached.
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Russia’s Ural Airlines is to commence thrice-weekly, direct flights between Yekaterinburg and New Delhi from Sunday, October 25. Additional plans are being made to increase direct Russia-India weekly flights to various destinations from the current 15 to over 70 in the coming months due to business, investment and tourism demand.
The 2026 DagAgroCaspian Forum has just concluded in Dagestan, showcasing Russian and regional agricultural technologies and featuring participants from China, India, and the Middle East. Over 100 companies took part, showcasing a significant variety of agricultural equipment and produce, with the commercial proposition being the connection between agricultural growth and the equipment required to sustain it. We dig into the forum’s details.
The Russian Foreign Minister, Prime and Deputy Prime Ministers have all held a series of meetings with senior Iranian officials including the President, and Foreign and Trade Ministers. We examine the security issues, two separate rail connectivity developments, nuclear energy, bilateral trade growth and where Iran is poised to fit into the Eurasian and African trade and supply chains. It is essential reading for anyone involved in Middle Eastern and Central Asian affairs.
The Second Russia-India Business Forum has been held in Kazan, Tatarstan and produced numerous fruitful business engagements, while productive economic interactions between Russia and India have further strengthened their bilateral economic cooperation. The “TIME” – ‘Tatarstan Initiative, Mutual Efficiency’ business forum advanced joint manufacturing, medical technology, agricultural exports, aviation, textiles and investment. In this article we examine the impact of the forum, the deals and agreements reached – essential intelligence for anyone in the Russia-India trade and investment space.
Russia-India bilateral trade volumes hit US$38 billion in the first six months of this year and are on track to reach the US$100 billion goal set for 2030, according to Indian Ambassador Vinay Kumar. He was speaking at the Russia-India TIME Business Forum in Kazan on Thursday. These are record amounts in bilateral trade.
The 2026 Digital Solutions Forum and the 2nd Global Digital Forums have taken place in Moscow with 1,300 attendees from 111 countries, creating opportunities for cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, telecommunications, digital infrastructure and software. 170 agreements were signed. Russia’s digital industry generated aggregate turnover exceeded US$250.5 billion in 2025, an increase of nearly 20% year on year, while the communications-services market expanded by 13% to reach US$30 billion. We deep dive the events to showcase where the digital economy in going and which countries are cooperating with Russia in its development. This article is of primary interest to anyone involved in digital economic development in the Global South.
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