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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.

Featured June 2, 2025

First Shanghai-Minsk TIR Container Truck By Road Departs

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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June 1, 2025

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

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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June 1, 2025

Rosatom Planning To Commission NPP In Bangladesh, Bolivia and Turkiye

Russia’s Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation will continue working this year to ensure that multiple power units are ready for commissioning in Bangladesh, Bolivia, and Turkiye, according to  Atomenergoprom. The company is a 100% state-owned holding company that unifies the Russian civil nuclear industry and is part of the Rosatom state corporation. Interest on the […]

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May 31, 2025

Russia Wants To Restart RICS Security Dialogue With China & India

Moscow is interested in resuming dialogue on security issues within the framework of the RIC (Russia-India-China), format, said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ‘Eurasian International Public and Political Hearings on the Formation of an Equal and Indivisible Security and Cooperation Architecture in Eurasia’ conference in Perm on Thursday. (May 29).  Lavrov emphasized Russia’s “sincere […]

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May 28, 2025

Russia-China Flights Up 57% Year on Year

Nearly 2,000 flights have been made between Russia and China as of April 2025, up 57% year-on-year, according to Wang Riu of the China National Tourist Office in Moscow. She said, “The number of flights between China and Russia is growing, with flights between Russian and Chinese cities reaching 1,903 in April 2025. This is […]

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May 26, 2025

BRICS New Development Bank: 2025 Development Updates

The current expansion of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) is taking place in accordance with the implementation of the NDB strategy for 2022-2026, according to the bank’s head, Dilma Rousseff. In addition to the founding members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – several new members have joined, including Bangladesh and the […]

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May 26, 2025

Colombia To Join BRICS New Development Bank

Colombia intends to join the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) in 2025, according to Hector Arenas Neira, Colombia’s Ambassador to Russia. Neira said that the decision on this issue was made after talks with NDB head Dilma Rousseff, saying that “the decision has been made. Our president met with the president of the BRICS bank, […]

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May 26, 2025

Greek Shipping Owners Profiting From Russian Use Crude Oil Tankers

Data from Vortexa, the shipping analysts, show that Greek shipping operators have jumped at the chance to lift price cap-compliant Russian oil, with the volume of Russian crude being carried on Greek-operated Aframax tankers jumping to a 12-month high. The shipping boost is due to Russia offering discounted oil to buyers in India and Turkiye, […]

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May 25, 2025

Afghanistan Negotiating With Russia To Use Own Currencies In Bilateral Trade

In encouraging signs that Afghanistan’s trade and investment potential is improving, the Taliban administration is holding advanced negotiations with Russia to allow banks from both countries, both of which are heavily sanctioned in the West, to handle trade worth hundreds of millions of dollars using their own currencies. Afghanistan’s acting commerce minister, Haji Nooruddin Azizi, […]

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May 24, 2025

Russia To Restructure Shipping Registry Laws

Russia intends to develop new approaches to registration of vessels of domestic companies under foreign flags, according to Vitaly Klyuev, director of the Department of State Policy of Maritime and River Transport at the Russian Ministry of Transport. He was speaking at the XIII St. Petersburg International Law conference. Klyuev pointed out that the UN […]

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