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Oman Makes Tracks To Join INSTC; Russia Views Overland Reach To Afghanistan and Shipping To Africa

Africa, Central Asia, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russia, Trade

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Marat Khusnullin, has been attending the Russia-Oman business forum held in Muscat and has provided updates on Oman becoming an additional destination on the southern part of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). He stated that “We have a very interesting project with Oman in port infrastructure development. The connection between […]

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Eurasian Railway Gateway Terminal To Link Belarus To China

China, Exports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Eurasian Railway Gateway terminal, connecting the Belarusian Great Stone Industrial Park in Minsk to China’s Belt & Road Initiative, is being prepared and should begin initial operations in mid-2026, according to Belarus Segodnya, the official media. The newspaper said, “The Eurasian Railway Gateway bi-modal container terminal is a key logistics project of the Great

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China-Russia E-Commerce Postal Train Service Launched

China, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

A special railway train, consisting of 46 containers carrying household items, home appliances, and electronic products, departed on Tuesday (November 11) from China’s Hunchun railway checkpoint headed directly for Moscow. This event marked the official launch of the Sino-Russian postal container train “Hunchun-Moscow,” which will carry out the specific cross-border delivery of postal items between

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Ethiopia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Signs Cooperation Agreement With Russia’s Wildberries E-Commerce Platform

Africa, Exports, Imports, Infrastructure, Russia, Trade

The Wildberries & Russ joint venture (RWB LLC) has signed a cooperation agreement with Ethiopia’s sovereign wealth fund, Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH). The agreement provides for joint efforts to localize RWB products for the Ethiopian market, as well as partnership and support through investment and technology initiatives that promote e-commerce and infrastructure development in Ethiopia,

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Vladivostok And Qingdao Look Set For Direct Flights

Asia, China, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

JSC Vladivostok International Airport (VIA) and Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport have entered into a strategic partnership agreement, Vladivostok Airport has stated, saying that “The agreement aims to develop a long-term bilateral partnership, jointly enhancing the airports’ international competitiveness, and further developing passenger routes and cargo logistics.” Currently, there are no direct flights between Vladivostok and

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Russia, Kazakhstan: November 2025 Presidential Meetings, Strategic Partnership Agreement, NPP Financing

Central Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Investment, Trade

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has met with Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Kazakhstan, in Moscow. This follows an Intergovernmental Commission meeting held in Astana a few days earlier, which we discussed here. Russia and Kazakhstan are both neighbours, ex-Soviet Union partners, and members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Economic Union and

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Commonwealth of Independent States To Cooperate On Shipbuilding & Outfitting

Central Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Trade

A cooperation agreement between members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on the development of civilian shipbuilding and production of ship outfitting equipment has gone into effect, the CIS Executive Committee has reported. The CIS includes Russia along with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Of these, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and

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Russia’s Developing Trade & Investment In Africa: Background and Current Status

Africa, Economy, Energy, Exports, Finance, Imports, Infrastructure, Investment, Trade

By Charles van der Leeuw Russia’s return to serious trade and investment on the African continent only seriously took off almost three decades after the breakup of the Soviet Union. The legacy the USSR had left in Africa remained untouched by western powers for a long time, and when China, in 2014, announced its Belt

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Russia-Kazakhstan Bilateral Trade Relations: November 2025 Update

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

Kazakhstan and Russia have agreed to expand mutual trade in agricultural products and food at a meeting of their intergovernmental commission on cooperation (IGC) in Astana last week. The Kazakh delegation was headed by Deputy Prime Minister and National Economy Minister Serik Zhumangarin, and the Russian delegation was headed by Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk.

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Russia’s Transarctic Transport Corridor—Map and Comparisons With The Northern Sea Route

China, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russia, Trade

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has instructed the Russian government, with the participation of the Maritime Board, to submit proposals to increase the efficiency of cargo delivery from Siberia, the Far East, and the Urals to the route of the Transarctic Transport Corridor (TTC). This differs from the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in that the

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