Russia is investing huge amounts of capital to support its pivot to Asia, with massive road, rail, maritime, and air connectivity projects, as well as giant energy infrastructure projects, all underway. Russia aims to boost exports by increasing foreign infrastructure construction support by 13 times. Discover investment opportunities in Russian infrastructure. Analysis of key projects in transport, logistics, and energy. A vital resource for construction, finance, and engineering firms.
Russia’s Sberbank has plans to open ten branches throughout India to service Russian and Indian clients looking to conduct business in their respective countries. Bilateral trade hit nearly US$70 billion in 2025 and the financial architecture to facilitate and increase this is now being put into place. Most of this trade is in rupees and rubles and avoids SWIFT.
Russia’s own version of SpaceX – SpacePort – is looking at launching operations from the Primorsky region to launch commercial satellites and related equipment. This marks a major shift from state-run space infrastructure toward independent commercial spaceflight.
Iran is resuming normal trade flows with the Eurasian Economic Union and Russia despite the conflict with the United States. Iran’s problems with the US have been localised to the southern coast, however trade routes north to the Caspian are booming. There has been no “US invasion” to nationally disrupt Eurasain trade flows.
Russia and India are negotiating a potential agreement for India to manufacture the Ilyushin 114-300 turboprop and the SJ-100 superjet under licence from Russia, in India, using both Russian and Indian parts. It could involve up to 200 aircraft.
Russia and Indonesia have agreed a far reaching maritime strategy that will see joint investment into Indonesian shipyards, ports and fishing capacity. Both sides have recently signed a Free Trade Agreement with a focus on maritime development being a key initial part of this strategic alliance. Bilateral trade can be expected to boom.
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Russian President Putin and a substantial delegation have just completed a State visit to Kazakhstan where he also participated in meetings of the Heads of State of the Eurasian Economic Union. The three-day visit produced more than ten bilateral deals affecting all of Eurasia. We deep dive what happened and provide comprehensive analysis. This article is essential reading for all involved in Eurasian affairs.
The Commonwealth of Independent States has just held its annual meetings in Ashgabat, including leaders from Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Significant developments took place in unifying a practical Eurasian geoeconomic platform centered around transport integration, industrial modernization, digital governance, logistics sovereignty, strategic mineral supply chains, customs digitization, agricultural security, energy coordination, and sanctions-resistant continental trade. This article is crucial intelligence for anyone involved in the Eurasian and Central Asian trade space.
Bahrain is not a major energy play in the Middle East but is becoming important in grain transhipment. We look at the latest bilateral discussions between President Putin and the King of Bahrain.
The Russian Far East just received another boost in its links to East China by the introduction of direct flights between Sakhalin and Shanghai – two distinct regions of East Asia.
The Russian government is to tap its underutilized private equity markets to raise money for Aeroflot, the national airline. Aeroflot are looking for significant upgrades to its fleet and is approaching domestic funds to raise the capital it needs.
China has released a comprehensive daft of its new 2026-2030 Five Year Plan. We take a thorough look and examine where Russia, China’s largest neighbouring country, fits into this. The plan suggests numerous opportunities fo Russian businesses to become involved in.
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