Infrastructure

Caribbean

Russian Research Ship Surveying the Caribbean Sea

Infrastructure, Latin America, Logistics & Transport, Security

Russia’s oceanographic research vessel, the Admiral Vladimirsky, is currently making a scheduled visit to Cuba, its fourth long-distance voyage in the post-Soviet period. The ship left Kronstadt (near St.Petersburg) on March 13 and has already visited ports in Venezuela and Nicaragua. The ship is conducting research in the Caribbean Sea, based upon requests from the […]

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Satelitte

Russia To Cover Entire Territory With Satellite Communications by 2030

Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market, Security

Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has said that building up Russia’s national satellite constellation will make it possible to cover the whole of the country’s territory, including the Arctic, with stable communication channels by 2030.  Speaking at a meeting of the Council on Strategic Development and National Projects on Friday (June 6) he

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Iran

Russia, Iran To Collaborate On Satellite Production 

Infrastructure, Investment, Middle East, Security, Trade

Iran’s Ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, and Russia’s Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov discussed the joint production of satellites at a meeting on Friday (June 6) Iran’s embassy has stated. The embassy said “The two sides exchanged views and discussed the several aspects of space cooperation between Russia and Iran: development of advanced technologies, joint design

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DPRK

Russia-North Korea 2025 Relations: Update

Agriculture, Asia, Infrastructure, Security, Trade

The Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, has met with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, with the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) stating that the North Korean government will continue to “unconditionally support Moscow” in the conflict in Ukraine. Their statement read, “Comrade Kim Jong-un assured that the government of

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Space Tourism

Russia To Develop Space Tourism Industry: Prospects

China, India, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market, Trade

Russia’s Roscosmos is planning to send space tourists to the Russian space station currently under development, according to Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov. He stated that “Instead of the ISS (International Space Station), there will be a Russian space station where we are planning to develop tourist missions as well.” Russia is creating the new station

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Turkeminstan

Russia, Turkmenistan Discuss International North-South Transportation Corridor Rail Cooperation

Asia, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Roman Starovoit, the Russian Minister of Transport, has had video discussions with Mammetkhan Chakyev, Head of the Agency for Transport and Communications of Turkmenistan. The meeting focused on the development of international transport projects. The key topic of discussion was the expansion of opportunities for road freight transportation. The parties discussed ways to increase the

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Caspian

Caspian Logistics Cluster Increases Trade With Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and India.

Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Middle East

The 4th Caspian Region Transport and Logistics International Forum has been taking place in Astrakhan, with specific technical discussions over the performances of the region’s ports. Delegates visited the facilities of VTS Group, Astrakhan Port, the shipbuilding operations of YUCSS, and the Kutum freight terminal of Russian Railways. The event was chaired by Mikhail Kabakov,

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Belarus

First Shanghai-Minsk TIR Container Truck By Road Departs

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

A container truck carrying three new Chinese electric vehicles has departed from Shanghai en route to Minsk, Belarus, a distance of just over 11,000km. This marks the first shipment exported from Shanghai under the international TIR (Transports Internationaux Routiers) road transport system. Following the dispatch of the truck to the Minsk, TIR-based transportation services for

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Siberia

Western Siberian River Traffic Growing 20-25% As Russia’s River Logistics Boom

Commonwealth of Independent States, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market

Sergey Pavlushkin, a director of the Association of Shipowners of Western Siberia has stated that traffic volumes along the regions rivers has been growing steadily with annual increases of 20-25% since 2019. Between 2015 and 2024, local river transport volumes rose from 80,000 to 431,000 passengers and from 700,000 to nearly 1.6 million tonnes of

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Gazprom

Gazprom Boosts Power of Siberia Gas Supplies to China by 35%

China, Energy, Exports, Infrastructure

Gazprom has boosted gas supplies to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline to 100 billion cubic meters, according to Alexei Miller, Gazprom’s CEO. Miller said, “The first 100 billion cubic meters of Russian gas out of over one trillion envisaged under the industry’s largest gas contract ever have been supplied to China via the

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