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.
Vladimir Putin has met with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkiye at the BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say: Putin: “Once again, I would like to welcome everyone to Kazan and to repeat how much I appreciate it that you have accepted the invitation to attend the BRICS Plus/Outreach […]
Vladimir Putin has met with Xi Jinping, the Chinese President, at the BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say: Putin: “Chinese comrades and friends, I extend a warm welcome to all of you here in Russia, particularly in the Republic of Tatarstan, in Kazan, the capital of the Republic. This region […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has met with the President of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), Dilma Rousseff. The NDB acts as a BRICS development platform and invests in infrastructure projects, often in the green sector, in BRICS nations. Equity investors include Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Russia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, […]
The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, is to attend the 2024 BRICS Heads of State summit, which kicks off today (October 22) in Kazan, Russia. The UN is an official observer to the group, however Guterres personal participation sends a strong signal that the BRICS is very much now part of what […]
Yevgeny Pakhomov, Russia’s deputy director of the international cooperation and foreign trade licensing department at the Ministry of Industry and Trade has said that Russia is interested in creating industrial “points of presence” in Turkey to develop exports and cooperation. He said “We don’t regard points as just manufacturing facilities themselves, but also the creation […]
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Readers will be familiar with discussions amongst the BRICS countries to establish a SWIFT alternative payments and settlements platform, however the concept is now spreading. Russia is calling for the removal of obstacles to the implementation of plans to increase the share of national currencies in mutual settlements between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries […]
The Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin has met with the Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene at the annual Prime Ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) currently being held in Islamabad. Russia is a founding member of the SCO, while Mongolia is an Observer nation. Mishustin said that “The Russian side is giving a […]
The Meeting of Council of Prime Ministers of SCO Member States has begun in Pakistan, with Russia represented by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The SCO includes full members Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Dialogue partners include Afghanistan and Mongolia, while Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cambodia, Egypt, Kuwait, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, […]
Indian media is reporting that two of the country’s shipyards will work on building four non-nuclear icebreaking ships for Rosatom, with the likely contact set to go to Gujarat shipyards – Indian Prime Minister Modi’s home region. New Delhi is already considering one state-owned and one private shipbuilder for the plan, while reports state that […]
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 […]
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