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.
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 […]
Russia’s Promsvyazbank (PSB) has begun developing a Russian payment infrastructure in Nicaragua and will develop an ATM network in the country, the bank has stated. PSB has installed its first ATM in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, at a branch of Credicoop R.L. bank. It provides customers with access to cash operations in the national currency, […]
Russia’s State-Owned Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has announced the launch of a strategic alliance within the BRICS to jointly develop Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to Kirill Dmitriev, the RDIF chief executive. RDIF’s government mandate is to make investments in high-growth sectors of the Russian economy, as well as co-invest alongside the world’s largest institutional investors, […]
Zimbabwe is looking for Russian assistance to build its own spaceport and send its first astronaut into orbit within the next decade, according to Painos Gweme, the director of Zimbabwe’s National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA). Gweme has stated that Zimbabwe has begun negotiations with Russia’s national spaceflight corporation, Roscosmos, about planned projects, including sending […]
Russia has announced an expansion of the list of countries whose nationals are eligible for its single-entry electronic visa (e-visa), including three African countries: Kenya, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe. The move is expected to improve travel between Russia and countries concerned, boosting tourism, business, and cultural exchanges. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order on […]
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Rail freight from China to Europe continues to rely heavily on transit through Russia, however the EU’s own sanctions, and especially new counter-sanctions imposed by the Kremlin, continue to create significant obstacles. For example, Italian logistics firms and importers have been complaining that containers following the China-Europe rail route have been stopping in Russia in […]
The new Nizhneleninskoye-Tongjiang cross-border bridge between Russia and China has proved beneficial to Russia’s raw material exports since it opened in November 2022, and has become a key route for Russian coal and iron ore to be transported to China. Chinese finished goods are also imported in containers via the same cross-border bridge. Russia’s Transit […]
The deposed Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad has arrived in Moscow with his family and has been granted asylum on ‘humanitarian’ grounds. Syrian militants, led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, which has connections with Al-Queda, have apparently taken control of the country, although the situation remains fluid. Moscow has called for the resumption of […]
Russia and Pakistan are set to be linked by a new freight train line as bilateral talks expand, Islamabad’s Energy Minister Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari has stated in an interview, saying that “It is planned to launch the first train along the North-South logistics route to transport products from Russia to Pakistan as early as […]
A decade-long Russian economic bull run is now underway The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has taken part in the annual “Russia Calling!” event, which includes an annual address by the President as well as a public Q&A session. Here we analyse what Putin had to say, in a speech that almost exclusively focused on the […]
Russia and Pakistan are discussing a regular air service between the two countries, and intend to increase the frequency of flights and broaden their geographic reach, according to Sergey Zverev, the Russian Deputy Minister of Transport. That will introduce a direct air service between Moscow and Islamabad. The statement was made after the Russia-Pakistan intergovernmental […]
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