Infrastructure

Featured image

Russia’s Pivot To Asia: 2025 Guide To East Africa

Africa, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Investment, Trade

Russia’s Pivot To Asia have just published our 2025 Guide to East Africa, which contains details of Russia’s geopolitical, security and trade development dynamics with the East African region. This is a diverse area that covers the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean and has the potential to act as an extension to the North-South […]

Russia’s Pivot To Asia: 2025 Guide To East Africa Read More »

Railway-Russia

Russia, Iran, Discuss Agricultural Cooperation, Trade, and Bandar Abbas Logistics Hub    

Agriculture, BRICS, Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Infrastructure, Middle East, Trade

A Russian agricultural trade delegation, lead by Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, and Deputy Agriculture Minister Maxim Borovoi has been in Tehran discussing a variety of agricultural trade and supply chain issues with Iran.  The two parties discussed expanding the distribution channels for Russian agricultural products and food, including meat, confectionery and beverages on Tuesday

Russia, Iran, Discuss Agricultural Cooperation, Trade, and Bandar Abbas Logistics Hub     Read More »

Upper Lars

Russia’s Busiest Road Crossing Border In 2024 Wasn’t With China  

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia’s Ministry of Transport of Russia calculations for 2024 land border crossing have been evaluated and found some surprising conclusions –the largest volume of goods transiting Russia by road were sent not across the border of Russia with China, but across the border of Russia with Georgia through the Upper Lars checkpoint. That was followed

Russia’s Busiest Road Crossing Border In 2024 Wasn’t With China   Read More »

Syria

Russia Looking To Create Africa-Middle East Corridor From Tunisia To Oman

Africa, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russia's Belt & Road, Trade

Anton Mardasov, a Russian policy academic specialising in the Middle East, has stated that following Russia’s recent discussions involving Syria and Sudan, Moscow is still looking for other options for its military presence in the region and beyond, with the potential of creating an African-Middle Eastern trade and security corridor.   Discussions are ongoing with

Russia Looking To Create Africa-Middle East Corridor From Tunisia To Oman Read More »

Port Sudan

Russia Gets Its Long Awaited Sudan Naval Base

Africa, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Security, Trade

Khartoum and Moscow have agreed on establishing a Russian naval base in Sudan, according to Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Youssef Ahmed Al-Sharif. In a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday, Al-Sharif confirmed that discussions have successfully concluded, stating, “therefore, the matter is quite simple. I have nothing to add.

Russia Gets Its Long Awaited Sudan Naval Base Read More »

Russia-Syria

First telephone conversation held between Putin and Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa

Infrastructure, Middle East, Security, Trade

The phone call marked the first high-level communication between Moscow and Damascus after the change of government that happened in Syria at the end of 2024.The heads of state discussed the situation in Syria, where a transition period is expected to last until March 1, 2025, and was declared after opposition forces conducted a successful

First telephone conversation held between Putin and Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa Read More »

Economy

Russian Disposable Income Levels Grew By 8.6% In 2024: Economic Analysis

Economy, Finance, Infrastructure, Russian Market, Trade

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been discussing and analysing Russia’s economic position during 2024 with Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to see areas that worked and where attention to change needs to be directed. Mishustin was presenting the results of Russia’s economic performance for last year. The results are generally positive but there are some critical

Russian Disposable Income Levels Grew By 8.6% In 2024: Economic Analysis Read More »

Auto

Russia’s Auto Manufacturing Sector Grew By 16.5% In 2024 

Economy, Infrastructure, Investment, Russian Market, Trade

Russian auto factories increased production of all types of vehicles by 16.5% during 2024, with the production of some types of cars increasing while others, began to be assembled less. The domestic automobile industry has great potential for further growth, but increasing production volumes will largely depend on the general situation on the market. Last

Russia’s Auto Manufacturing Sector Grew By 16.5% In 2024  Read More »

Far East

China To Help Power The Russian Far East

China, Energy, Foreign Investment, Infrastructure

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

China To Help Power The Russian Far East Read More »

Feauterd Image

Russia’s Pivot To Asia – 2025 Guide To North Africa

Africa, Agriculture, BRICS, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Security, Trade

Russia’s Pivot To Asia have published our 2025 Guide to North Africa, which discusses Russia’s geopolitical, trade and investment trends with Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia. North Africa is a key development region offering much potential for Russia as it transitions away from its colonial-era towards a more definitive North African and global

Russia’s Pivot To Asia – 2025 Guide To North Africa Read More »

Scroll to Top