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.
Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko have discussed digital transformation and artificial intelligence at a meeting in Astana, the Kazakh government has stated, saying “The two sides noted the growing significance of artificial intelligence and underlined that the digitalization partnership is an integral part of bilateral relations. Combined efforts […]
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been holding collective meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in Moscow. The three countries are part of the new Alliance of Sahel States (AES) which became operational in January this year as the three nations resigned from their membership of the Economic Community […]
The Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Milorad Dodik, the President of Republika Srpska, the want-away region of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday (April 1). The timing is interesting as the European Union has just lost effective sovereignty over Eastern European energy supplies, with implications for the erstwhile Republic. Republika Srpska Dodik represents a region […]
The Irtysh River originates in the Xinjiang Province of China and flows north-west across Lake Zaisan in Kazakhstan, meeting the Ishim and Tobol Rivers before merging with the Ob River in Western Siberia. The total length of the Irtysh across China, Kazakhstan and Russia is 4,248 kilometres, and it is navigable for 3,784 kilometres, from […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin gave the Plenary Speech at the 6th International Arctic Forum, which was held in Murmansk on 26/27 March. The event was subtitled “The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue.” Putin’s speech concentrated on very specific Russian Arctic development issues, including investment, infrastructure needs, incentives and the opportunities. Clearly, Moscow is putting huge […]
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Russia’s Lavna Port on the Western shore of the Kola Bay in Murmansk is now ready for operations, with the commissioning work on the construction of the first stage now completed, and the terminal is ready for launch, according to Andrey Chibis, the Chairman of the State Council Commission on the Northern Sea Route and […]
After completion of the planned scientific research work in the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of several Northwest African countries, the Russian Scientific Research Vessel (NIS) STM Atlantis has completed a voyage to the southwestern Indian Ocean to continue work in Mozambique’s EEZ, according to the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO). An Exclusive […]
Russia’s FESCO transport has delivered refrigerated Indian grapes to the Russian consumer market for the first time, replacing EU sourcing markets, while continuing to buy grapes from Central Asia. The 80-tonne shipment was loaded into four forty-foot refrigerated containers at the Indian exporter’s warehouse. The consignment was then transported to the Nava Sheva port near […]
Russia’s electric scooter and bike-sharing service Whoosh and China’s Segway-Ninebot have agreed on a strategic partnership to develop the next generation of e-scooters for sharing services, according to Whoosh. The project calls for the joint contribution of the latest know-how and engineering solutions to create a new scooter engineering platform. Whoosh will be responsible for […]
A Cuban delegation is in Moscow to discuss energy and other trade and investment issues pending a visit by the Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel to Moscow in May. The delegation was headed by Esteban Laso Hernández, President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and the State Council of the Republic. He arrived in Russia […]
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has proposed creating a new investment fund together with Russian and international development institutions, banks, pension funds and foreign partners to support the implementation of projects in the Arctic, according to Kirill Dmitriev, the RDIF CEO, and Russian Special Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries. He […]
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