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.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has held bilateral meetings with Sergey Shamba, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia. Abkhazia is a semi-recognised independent country that was formed in 1993. It had previously been a province of neighbouring Georgia, however following mass civil unrest and Georgian military action against ethnic Abkhazians, Russian troops were […]
Russia has stated that countries that maintain friendly relations with Moscow are interested in using Russia’s low-orbit satellite constellation to have Internet access as an alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink network, according to Russia’s Digital Development Minister, Maksut Shadayev. Russia’s OJSC Bureau 1440 is currently building a low-orbit satellite constellation, involving 292 spacecraft to provide […]
It’s interesting – even laughable – to note how the Western media describe problems in the West as ‘Global’ issues, whereas in fact they are often referring to matters related solely to the United States and Europe. It begs the question of how realistic their knowledge of how the global trade and geopolitical system now […]
A new terminal for transhipment of various cargoes, including containers and grain, will be built in the port of Posyet in Primorsky Krai. Russia’s VTB bank are to finance the project, with a total investment of about ₽10 billion (US$106 million). The corresponding agreement was signed during the recent Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. VTB […]
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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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