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Uzbekistan To Join Eurasian Development Bank In Boost To EAEU

Eurasian Economic Union, Finance, Infrastructure, Investment, Trade

Uzbekistan is completing the procedure to join the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov said at a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Yerevan. The EDB is an international development bank with charter capital of US$7 billion. Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan are the bank’s shareholders. Uzbekistan’s decision to participate […]

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Container Ship Traverses St. Petersburg – Shanghai Via Northern Sea Route In Record Time

China, Exports, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

The Panamax container ship Flying Fish 1 has just completed its journey along the Northern Sea Route, navigating its way from St. Petersburg to Shanghai in 21 days at an average speed of 16 knots or about 30 kilometers per hour. What makes this voyage significant for the global shipping world and supply chain logistics

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Russia, China Discuss Mineral Drilling Project In Antarctica

China, Infrastructure, Miscellaneous

It doesn’t get much further into the Global South than Antarctica, and Russia and China are in talks over joint drilling of the Gamburtsev Mountain Range in the middle of the continent, the Russian Federal Agency for Mineral Resources (Rosnedra) has stated. Last month, the Chinese cities of Beijing and Changchun hosted international conferences on

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Proposed New Kazakh-Russia-Mongolia Highway Would Connect Astana With Ulaan Baatar

Eurasian Economic Union, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

Kazakhstan and Mongolia plan to build a new highway between the two countries through Russia, pending approval from the Russian authorities, according to the Kazakh Transport Ministry. The route will connect the Kazakh cities of Ust-Kamenogorsk and Ridder, as well as Tuekta in Russia’s  Altai Republic, leading to the Mongolian border at Khyagt and the

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Russia – Syria 2024 Bilateral Relations: Update  

Energy, Infrastructure, Trade

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been in New York attending the annual UN General Assembly. During the UN events, several other bilateral meetings were held as numerous countries wish to discuss current affairs with Moscow. Lavrov subsequently met with Bassam al-Sabbagh, Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. In the course of the meeting, they had

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Russia – Sudan 2024 Bilateral Relations: Update

Africa, Infrastructure, Security, Trade

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been in New York attending the annual UN General Assembly. During the UN events, several other bilateral meetings were held as numerous countries wish to discuss current affairs with Moscow. Lavrov subsequently met with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Chairman of the Supreme (Sovereignty) Council of Sudan. Sudan is currently engaged

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Russia Expands Baltic Sea Ports Capacity To Reach Emerging African and LatAm Consumer Markets

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Despite the European Baltic Sea nations closing their operations to Russian shipping – at some cost to their throughput – Russia has been expanding its Baltic Port capacities to meet new markets in Africa and Latin America. This goes hand in hand with Russian plans to boost agricultural exports by 50% by 2030. Russia is

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Russia Plans Maritime Cooperation With Sao Tome & Principe On The West African Coast

Africa, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Trade

Russia is set to gain access to a key strategic naval port in the West African Atlantic Ocean through a bilateral cooperation agreement with the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe, located off mainland Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon.   A bill on the issue has been approved by a Russian government commission on legislative activity.

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Russia signs Strategic Satellite Agreements with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

Africa, Infrastructure, Investment

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have agreed with Russia to acquire telecoms and surveillance satellites, in what is becoming a significant development in West Africa. According to Mali’s Finance Minister Aluseni Sanou, the telecoms vehicle is expected to provide television and radio broadcasting throughout the countries of the Sahel Alliance of States (ASG), internet and

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Kazakh-Russia Direct Passenger Rail Services To Resume

Commonwealth of Independent States, Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport

Passenger train services between Karaganda in Kazakhstan and Moscow will resume on December 17, 2024, after being suspended since 2020 due to covid, Russian Railways has announced. They stated that “The passenger service between Karaganda and Moscow will be reopened. Starting December 17, 2024, international express train No. 83/84 on the Karaganda-Moscow route will operate

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