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Russia actively courts investment from “friendly” nations like India and China, focusing on sectors like tech, energy, infrastructure (PPPs), and non-Western markets through forums like BRICS and the CIS, targeting growth in specific areas like high-tech manufacturing, aviation, and automotive. Russia’s FDI investment stock is worth about US$326 billion. At the same time, Russia also actively invests in emerging economies throughout the Global South, and particularly in areas that can boost its exports. This section provides expert analysis, market trends, and risk assessment for foreign investors looking to capitalize on the inbound and outbound Russian investment market.

CIS
Featured November 13, 2025

Commonwealth of Independent States To Cooperate On Shipbuilding & Outfitting

A cooperation agreement between members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on the development of civilian shipbuilding and production of ship outfitting equipment has gone into effect, the CIS Executive Committee has reported. The CIS includes Russia along with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Of these, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and […]

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Tatarstan
November 10, 2025

Tatarstan To Develop New Kama River Port To Integrate With INSTC

The Nizhnekamsk district in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan is to develop and launch quay infrastructure of a new Kama River port next year, which will become part of a logistics complex linking to the INSTC corridor. This will open up the region to be part of the North-South Corridor and improve trade links with […]

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DOM
November 10, 2025

DOM.RF To Conduct A November IPO On The Moscow Stock Exchange

PJSC DOM.RF has announced plans for an IPO on the Moscow Exchange, with the planning to obtain a listing and start trading its shares on the Moscow Exchange this month. The shares are expected to be included in the first-tier list. DOM RF are a Russian state-owned financial services and property management company involved in […]

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Primorsky
November 10, 2025

Primorsky Krai Investors Putting Billions Into Commercial Maritime Logistics Construction Projects

Primorsky Krai investors in the Russian Far East are implementing four projects for the construction of logistics complexes, with a total announced investment in excess of ₽120 billion (US$1.5 billion), according to Yana Ryzhkova, Deputy Minister of Forestry, Environmental Protection, Wildlife, and Natural Resources of Primorsky Krai. She has stated that Primorsky local companies have […]

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China Trade
November 9, 2025

Russia-China Trade & Investment Trends Shifting: Latest Development Updates

The visit of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to China has resulted in a recalibration of bilateral trade, with China increasingly seen by Russia as promising for import substitution of technologies. While general trade, with oil dominating, was previously the key topic, the bilateral trade focus has now shifted. Attention is now on industrial cooperation […]

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VAT
November 7, 2025

Russia Relaxes VAT Threshold Payments For Its SMEs by 50%

The Russian government has accounted for the wishes of businesses and members of parliament and proposed a gradual transition to VAT payment for small- and medium-sized businesses on a simplified tax system, lowering the payment revenue mechanism from a threshold of ₽20 million (US$245,000) to ₽10 million (US$125,000) over the coming three years, Prime Minister […]

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Finance
November 5, 2025

Russia To Develop Far East Financial Stock Exchange

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin has instructed the government, together with the Bank of Russia, to prepare proposals for the development of a financial centre in the Far East based on the Eastern Exchange, the Kremlin has stated. The Kremlin said that “The Russian government, together with the Bank of Russia, shall prepare and submit […]

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Rare Earths
November 5, 2025

Russia To Increase Rare Earths Mining & Development

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to approve a roadmap for the long-term development of rare and rare earth metal mining and production by December 1, the Kremlin stated on Tuesday (November 4). Putin’s statement read, “To the Russian government, taking into account the previously issued instructions, approve an action plan for […]

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November 4, 2025

China-Russia Bilateral Relations – November 2025 Update

The Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met with their respective business delegations at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Mishustin was accompanied by Deputy Prime Ministers Tatyana Golikova, Dmitry Chernyshenko, Yury Trutnev and Alexander Novak, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to China Igor Morgulov, Minister of Agriculture […]

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