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BRICS 2025

Russia’s 2024 Presidency Of The BRICS And Looking Ahead To 2025: Ryabkov Interview

BRICS, China, Infrastructure, Security, Trade

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the primary “BRICS Sherpa” has been interviewed by Tass concerning the development of the BRICS group during 2024. This is especially pertinent as Russia held the Presidency of BRICS during the year, hosting the annual BRICS summit in Kazan. The interview covered Russia’s Presidency of BRICS, […]

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Russia’s Development Readiness For National Autonomous Transport Networks

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

Russia ranks third in its readiness to implement Autonomous Transport (AT) systems among the BRICS, CIS and partner countries, second only to China and the United Arab Emirates and ahead of countries such as Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Turkiye, according to the latest Kept (ex-KPMG) ratings. For the assessment, Kept’s analysts compared countries with each

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Caspian EN COVER

New Russia’s Pivot To Asia Publication: “2025 Guide To The Caspian Sea”   

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

Russia’s Pivot To Asia have published a short 2025 Guide to the Caspian Sea, in order to provide an update and overview on the multilateral operations of the North-South Transport Corridor, which links Russia to the Persian Gulf and Central Asia. The Caspian Sea is also a European Gateway to Central Asia.  We examine the

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Digital Ruble

22 More Russian Banks Join The Pilot Project Offering Digital Ruble Accounts & Services From July 1 

Economy, Finance, Infrastructure, Russian Market, Trade

A total of 22 Russian banks have now signed agreements with the Russian Central Bank and are configuring their systems to participate in national Digital Ruble project, which is scheduled for mass-roll out by July 1st. They join Sberbank, T-Bank, Tochka Bank and twelve others that are already in the program for conducting transactions with

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Sberbank Launches QR Code Payment System Across 50,000 Outlets In Tajikistan

Finance, Infrastructure, Investment, Russia's Belt & Road, Trade

Sberbank has launched a QR code payment service for Russian nationals in, or visiting Tajikistan, the bank has stated. The roll-out is financially important as it uses QR technology for payment of goods and services, as opposed to bank operated wireless modems. The full functionality of the service will become widely available in 2025. Making

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Russia 2024 Northern Sea Route Shipping Up 3% 

China, Exports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia’s Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation has forecast that the cargo flow along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) reached 37.9 million tonnes in 2024. The data was revealed by  Vladimir Panov, Rosatom’s special representative for Arctic development. Rosatom is responsible for the operation of Russia’s nuclear ice-breaker fleet, which supports transiting container vessels.   Panov said

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China Gas

New Russia – Kazakhstan – China Gas Pipeline Agreed

China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Energy, Exports, Infrastructure, Trade

Russia has begun developing a new gas pipeline to China via Kazakhstan that will have a planned annual capacity of 45 billion cubic meters (bcm), according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak. In a model that will be of interest to Mongolia, China will receive 35 bcm of gas per year via the conduit,

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Russia, Pakistan To Launch Direct Rail Services

Asia, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia and Pakistan will launch the first direct freight train between the two countries next year as they seek to boost mutual trade, according to Pakistani Energy Minister Awais Leghari. Moscow and Islamabad are set to launch trial runs on the rail link to transport goods from Russia to Pakistan in March 2025, he said.  

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Azerbaijan Russia

Russia, Azerbaijan Sign INSTC Cargo Transit Agreement

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

Russia and Azerbaijan have signed a cargo transit cooperation agreement concerning mutual use of the International North-South Transport Corridor, according to Rashad Nabiyev, Azerbaijan’s Digital Development and Transport Minister. He stated on Saturday (December 21) that “We met with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev and Transport Minister Roman Starovoit during a visit to Moscow.

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Russia–Kazakhstan To Open Cross-Border Logistics Centre In Astrakhan

Eurasian Economic Union, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

A cross-border trade center will be created at the Kazakhstan-Russia border, as announced during a meeting between Kanat Khasenov, the Consul General of Kazakhstan in Astrakhan, and Igor Babushkin, the Governor of Russia’s Astrakhan region. Babushkin noted that the Republic of Kazakhstan is one of the main partners of Russia’s Astrakhan Oblast (Province) with strong

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